Paulo Freire

"People will be truly critical if they live in the plenitude of the praxis, that is, if their action encompasses a critical reflection which increasingly organizes their thinking and thus leads them to…"

"In sum: banking theory and practice, as immobilizing and fixating forces, fail to acknowledge men and women as historical beings; problem-posing theory and practice take the people's historicity as th…"

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

"They call themselves ignorant and say the 'professor' is the one who has knowledge and to whom they should listen."

"In the banking concept of education, knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing."

"Someone who cannot acknowledge himself to be as mortal as everyone else still has a long way to go before he can reach the point of encounter."

"It would be a contradiction in terms if the oppressors not only defended but actually implemented a liberating education."

"The culture of the dominant class hinders the affirmation of men as beings of decision."