"Freedom is acquired by conquest, not by gift."

"To teach is not to transfer knowledge but to create the possibilities for the production or construction of knowledge."

"The more radical the person is, the more fully he or she enters into reality so that, knowing it better, he or she can better transform it."

"If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed."

"The act of rebellion against the oppressors, which is the historical task of the oppressed, is itself an act of love."