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

Almost never do they realize that they, too, 'know things' they have learned in their relations with the world.

For cultural invasion to succeed, it is essential that those invaded become convinced of their intrinsic inferiority.

Authentic thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication. If it is true that thought has meaning only when generated by action upon the world, the subordination of students to teachers becomes impossible.