"Dehumanization, which marks not only those whose humanity has been stolen, but also (though in a different way) those who have stolen it, is a distortion of the vocation of becoming more fully human."

"The oppressor's consciousness tends to transform everything surrounding it into an object of its domination."

"The object of dialogue is not to conquer but to clarify, to make explicit, to make visible the implicit."

"The teacher is no longer merely the-one-who-teaches, but he who is himself taught in dialogue with the students, who in turn while being taught also teach. They become jointly responsible for a proces…"

"There is no true word that is not at the same time a praxis."