"The teacher is not merely a facilitator but also a cultural worker."

"The unauthentic word, lacking a sense of responsibility for the world, cannot transform it."

"The starting point for organizing the program content of education or political action must be the present, existential, concrete situation, reflecting the aspirations of the people."

"The educator has the duty of not being neutral. Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others."

"This is why a truly liberating pedagogy, the pedagogy of freedom, must be praxis."