Best Paulo Freire Quotations
- Within the word we find two dimensions-reflection and action. If one is sacrificed even in part, the other immediately suffers. To speak a true word… Action
- True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity. Causes
- It is truly difficult to make a democracy. Democracy, like arty dream, is not made with spiritual words but with reflection and practice. It is… Arty
- As one might expect, authoritarianism will at times cause children and students to adopt rebellious positions, defiant of any limit, discipline, or authority. But it… Abnegation
- ... there are moments in which the teacher, as the authority talks to the learners, says what must be done, establishes limits without which the… Accordance
- It doesnt hurt to repeat here the statement, still rejected by many people in spite of its obviousness, that education is a political act. Act
- No one can learn tolerance in a climate of irresponsibility, which does not produce democracy. The act of tolerating requires a climate in which limits… Abused
- Being tolerant does not mean acquiescing to the intolerable; it does not mean covering up disrespect; it does not mean coddling the aggressor or disguising… Acquiescing
- I have never said, as is sometimes believed, or even suggested that lower-class children should not learn the so-called educated norm of the Portuguese language… Along
- Finally, it is important to make it clear that imagination is not an exercise for those detached from reality, those who live in the air.… Air
- ... teaching cannot be a process of transference of knowledge from the one teaching to the learner. This is the mechanical transference from which results… Already Criticized
- Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion and reflection. Discussion
- 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… Betray
- A reader does not suddenly comprehend what is being read or studied, in a snap, miraculously. Comprehension needs to be worked forged, by those who… Action
- ... studying is a preparation for knowing; it is a patient and impatient exercise on the part of someone whose intent is not to know… All
- Teacher preparation should go beyond the technical preparation of teachers and be rooted in the ethical formation both of selves and of history. Beyond
- Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. Character
- It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation. Absolutely
- [T]he more radical the person is, the more fully he or she enters into reality so that, knowing it better, he or she can transform… Afraid
- The oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders. Community
- Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people--they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are… Act
- To simply think about the people, as the dominators do, without any self-giving in that thought, to fail to think with the people, is a… Any
- 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… Build
- The multitude is always in the wrong. Conformity
- The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves... Freedom
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