language is never neutral

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.

Life without discipline is just like a body without a backbone.

He put his arms around me. We were both feeling miserable. How were we to know we were happy, even then? Because we at least had that: arms, around.

I don't need interesting camera angles, I am interesting.

Carry your groceries, garden, and do other activities that keep you moving. You will add more years to your life and more life to your years.

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

Our knowledge, experience, and wisdom can assist us in gaining more from this life, which will correctly set up our next life.

Looking at somebody looking good is so... boring.

The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue.

Austin sounds a little bit like Aston Martin, which is the type of car James Bond would drive.

Information is information; it is neither matter nor energy.