"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…"

"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."

"The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed is to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well."

"The teacher is not merely a transmitter of knowledge, but a co-creator of knowledge."

"The banking concept of education, in which the students are the depositories and the teacher is the depositor, leads to the students' being treated as objects."