Paulo Freire — "The capacity to love is not something we acquire; it is our essence."

"Any situation in which some individuals prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence."

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

"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 solution is not to 'integrate' the oppressed into the structure of oppression, but to transform that structure so that they can become 'beings for themselves.'"

"One of the gravest obstacles to the achievement of liberation is the fatalistic perception of reality."