The road to revolution involves openness to the people, not imperviousness to them; it involves communion with the people, not mistrust.

Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion and reflection.

Whoever teaches learns in the act of teaching, and whoever learns teaches in the act of learning.

No one is born fully-formed: it is through self-experience in the world that we become what we are.

Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others. No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is commitment to their cause--the cause of liberation.

Dehumanization, although a concrete historical fact, is not a given destiny but the result of an unjust order that engenders violence in the oppressors, which in turn dehumanizes the oppressed

Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other.

Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students.

No one can be authentically human while he prevents others from being so.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

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.

When your thoughts, choices and actions are in alignment with love as a priority in your life, the streams of love flow naturally in ways that continue to replenish you.

The closer you get to know someone, the more you see their true colors.

What are you gonna do, angel face? Stab me with your eyebrow pencil?

I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me.

Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'

Before any exposure on TV, I'm a real chef.

Good coaching may be defined as the development of character, personality and habits of players, plus the teaching of fundamentals and team play.

I've wanted to be with you when I didn't have the right to.

I actually think in music, learning technical stuff doesn't matter. You can be as technical as you like, but still sound awful.