The Theatre of the Oppressed is theatre in this most archaic application of the word. In this usage, all human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).

Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future, rather than just waiting for it.

We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.

It is not the place of the theatre to show the correct path, but only to offer the means by which all possible paths may be examined.

The theater itself is not revolutionary: it is a rehearsal for the revolution.

The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it.

Empathy is the most powerful weapon [...]

Anyone can do theater, even actors. And theater can be done everywhere. Even in a theater.

Nothing is going to remain the way it is. Let us, in the present, study the past, so as to invent the future.

Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves.

Theatre is the most perfect artistic form of coercion.

We are very fond of books. You can learn nearly everything from them that rabbits can't teach you.

Every book contains a secret – even the writer doesn't always know what it is.

Matt is grinning at me like I'm the new Christmas toy he really wanted, but can't play with yet because he hasn't read the instructions.

In politics it commonly takes a superior woman to overcome the handicap of traditional prejudice.

Misery is the only thing in the world that has no end or edge.

In every age there are plenty of people around to remind you what you cannot possibly do. Thank goodness, for these naysayers provide a priceless service: They spur...us to achieve great things.

The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.

I'm truly grateful for my microwave, which allows me to easily clarify butter, steam vegetables, and - when I am really lazy - feed my three kids in less than five minutes.

Life was mostly made up of things you couldn’t control, full of surprises, and they weren’t always good. Life wasn’t what you made it. You were what life made you.

In my experience, sometimes a movie just hits at the wrong time, gets the wrong press, or gets the wrong representation, and it gets misunderstood.