No Reality Transforms Itself.

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... The Teacher Presents Himself To His Students As Their Necessary Opposite; By Considering Their Ignorance Absolute, He Justifies His Own Existence.

I Am Dealing With People And Not With Things. And, Because I Am Dealing With People, I Cannot Refuse My Wholehearted And Loving Attention, Even In Personal Matters, Where I See That A Student Is In Need Of Such Attention.

The Behavior And Reactions Of The Oppressed, Which Lead The Oppressor To Practice Cultural Invasion, Should Evoke From The Revolutionary A Different Theory Of Action. What Distinguishes Revolutionary Leaders From The Dominant Elite Is Not Only Their Objectives, But Their Procedures.

The Parent-child Relationship In The Home Usually Reflects The Objective Cultural Conditions Of The Surrounding Social Structure. If The Conditions Which Penetrate The Home Are Authoritarian, Rigid, And Dominating, The Home Will Increase The Climate Of Oppression. As These Authoritarian Relations Between Parents And Children Intensify, Children In Their Infancy Increasingly Internalize The Paternal Authority.

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 Read And Study; As Subjects Of The Action, They Must Seek To Employ Appropriate Instruments In Order To Carry Out The Task. For This Very Reason, Reading And Studying Form A Challenging Task, One Requiring Patience And Perseverance.