Reflection And Action Must Never

If The Structure Does Not Permit Dialogue The Structure Must Be Changed

Liberating Education Consists In Acts Of Cognition, Not Transferrals Of Information

We Must Be Forewarned That Only Rarely Does A Text Easily Lend Itself To The Reader's Curiosity... The Reading Of A Text Is A Transaction Between The Reader And The Text, Which Mediates The Encounter Between The Reader And Writer. It Is A Composition Between The Reader And The Writer In Which The Reader "rewrites" The Text Making A Determined Effort Not To Betray The Author's Spirit.

How Can The Oppressed, As Divided, Unauthentic Beings, Participate In Developing The Pedagogy Of Their Liberation? Only As They Discover Themselves To Be 'hosts' Of The Oppressor Can They Contribute To The Midwifery Of Their Liberating Pedagogy. As Long As They Live In The Duality In Which To Be Is To Be Like And To Be Like Is To Be Like The Oppressor, This Contribution Is Impossible. The Pedagogy Of The Oppressed Is An Instrument For Their Critical Discovery That Both They And Their Oppressors Are Manifestations Of Dehumanization.

People In Communion Liberate Each Other.