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

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 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.

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 the most perfect artistic form of coercion.

...fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone, we're left with the concept, but not the true memory--why else...would anyone give birth more than once?

Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.

Most of us accept that although we may believe our dreams to be real events, upon waking, we can tell the difference between nocturnal hallucinations and reality.

Our economy is the result of millions of decisions we all make every day about producing, earning, saving, investing, and spending.

I appreciate your applause, but I don't do it for applause. I do it for cash, it's much better.

Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition.

Since my money is God's money, every spending decision I make is a spiritual decision.

It's no wonder we're all such a mess, is it? We're like Tom Hanks in Big. Little boys and girls trapped in adult bodies and forced to get on with it.

I have found that the more I teach those who want to learn, the more I learn.

Ultraliberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy.