The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment the time is always now.
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.