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Literature Quotes by Paulo Freire

14 Literature quotes by Paulo Freire

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Freire’s voice on literature is distilled into fourteen concise reflections that underscore his view of reading as a tool for empowerment. Though modest in number, the quotes give a clear sense of his commitment to critical consciousness through text.

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I cannot be a teacher without exposing who I am.

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No reality transforms itself.

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There is, in fact, no teaching without learning.

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Love is an act of courage.

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Only through communication can human life hold meaning.

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The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only contents but…

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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events…

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Sometimes a simple, almost insignificant gesture on the part of a teacher can have a profound formative effect on the life of…

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One of my major preoccupations is the approximation between what I say and what I do, between what I seem to be…

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No matter how much someone may irritate me, I have no right to puff myself up with my own self-importance so as…

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The parent-child relationship in the home usually reflects the objective cultural conditions of the surrounding social structure. If the conditions which penetrate…

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The atmosphere of the home is prolonged in the school, where the students soon discover thatin order to achieve some satisfaction they…

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This is the road I have tried to follow as a teacher: living my convictions; being open to the process of knowing…

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It is impossible to talk of respect for students for the dignity that is in the process of coming to be, for…

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“The fact that certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation, thus moving from one pole of the…

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“When a word is deprived of its dimension of action,reflection automatically suffers as well and the word is changed into idle chatter, into verbalism,into…

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A reader does not suddenly comprehend what is being read or studied, in a snap, miraculously. Comprehension needs to be worked forged, by those…

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“If I do not love the world, if I do not love life, if I do not love people, I cannot enter into dialogue.”

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[Humans'] capacity to intervene, to compare, to judge, to decide, to choose, to desist makes them capable of acts of greatness, of dignity, and,…

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If I am a pure product of genetic, cultural, or class determination, I have no responsibility for my action in the world and, therefore,…

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“To begin always anew, to make, to reconstruct, and to not spoil, to refuse to bureaucratize the mind, to understand and to live life…

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“The man or woman who proclaims devotion to the cause of liberation yet is unable to enter into communion with the people, whom he…

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One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by…

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Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence;… to alienate humans from their…

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Educators need to know what happens in the world of the children with whom they work. They need to know the universe of their…

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