“ Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who they are so that they can more wisely build the future. Paulo Freire
“ Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people--they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are they liberated: they oppress. Paulo Freire
“ P26 - Only power that springs from the weakness of the oppressed will be sufficiently strong to free both. Paulo Freire
“ The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What the educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the stu… Paulo Freire
“ P29 - the oppressed, having internalised the image of the oppressor and adopted his guideline are fearful of freedom. Freedom would require them to eject this image and replace it with autonomy and re… Paulo Freire
“ P33- Oppression is domesticating. Gravest obstacle to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge human beings consciousness. Paulo Freire
“ True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity. False charity constrains the fearful and subdued, the "rejects of life," to extend their trembling han… Paulo Freire
“ P71- if i do not love the world if i do not love life if i do not love people i cannot enter into dialogue. Paulo Freire
“ Whoever teaches learns in the act of teaching, and whoever learns teaches in the act of learning. Paulo Freire
“ The more we become able to become a child again, to keep ourselves childlike, the more we can understand that because we love the world and we are open to understanding, to comprehension, that when we… Paulo Freire
“ The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What an educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the stud… Paulo Freire
“ One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invas… Paulo Freire
“ In a situation of manipulation, the Left is almost always tempted by a “quick return to power,” forgets the necessity of joining with the oppressed to forge an organization, and strays into an impossi… Paulo Freire
