Paulo Freire Quotes
Top 89 wise famous quotes and sayings by Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire Famous Quotes & Sayings
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It doesnt hurt to repeat here the statement, still rejected by many people in spite of its obviousness, that education is a political act.
P20 - The rightist sectarian wants to slow down the historical process, to domesticate time and thus to domesticate men and women.
P60- one does not liberate people by alienating them.
P62- consciousness is the constant unveiling of reality.
P62- consciousness is the constant unveiling of reality.
To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.
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.
P57/8- one must seek to live with others in solidarity..only through communication can human life hold meaning.
It would be a contradiction in terms if the oppressors not only defended but actually implemented a liberating education.
How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation?
For cultural invasion to succeed, it is essential that those invaded become convinced of their intrinsic inferiority.
The behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor.
What if we discover that our present way of life is irreconcilable with our vocation to become fully human?
The unfinished character of human beings and the transformational character of reality necessitate that education be an ongoing activity.
The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed.
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only contents but also of 'correct thinking.'
P68- there is no true word that is not at the same time a praxis. Thus, to speak a true word is to transform the world.
Sometimes a simple, almost insignificant gesture on the part of a teacher can have a profound formative effect on the life of a student.
The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.
This capacity to go beyond the factors of conditioning is one of the obvious advantages of the human person.
One of the methods of manipulation is to inoculate individuals with the bourgeois appetite for personal success.
Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in 'changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them';
Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion and reflection.
This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well.
P46- As long as the oppressed remain unaware of the causes of their condition, they fatalistically "accept" their exploitation.
One of my major preoccupations is the approximation between what I say and what I do, between what I seem to be and what I am actually becoming.
The pursuit of full humanity, however, cannot be carried out in isolation or individualism, but only in fellowship and solidarity;
Teacher preparation should go beyond the technical preparation of teachers and be rooted in the ethical formation both of selves and of history.
In order to have the continued opportunity to express their "generosity" the oppressors must perpetuate injustice as well.
P26 - Only power that springs from the weakness of the oppressed will be sufficiently strong to free both.
Liberation is a praxis : the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it.
Submission to suffering is a form of annihilation, but transformation of suffering rekindles a faith that gives life.
P40- this violence, as a process, is perpetuated from generation to generation of oppressors, who become its heirs and are shaped by it.
P42- the oppressed, as objects, as "things", have no purposes except those their oppressors prescribe for them.
The world is split between those who do not sleep because they are hungry and those who do not sleep because they are afraid of those who are hungry.
It's no sin to make a critical study of Brazil's reality. A small percentage own land. Most people don't.
P57- the oppressors, whose tranquility rests on how well people fit the world the oppressors have created, and how little they question it.
The road to revolution involves openness to the people, not imperviousness to them; it involves communion with the people, not mistrust.
It is not suprising that the banking concept of education regards men as adaptable, manageable beings.