One cannot conceive of objectivity without subjectivity. Paulo Freire More Quotes by Paulo Freire More Quotes From Paulo Freire [Humans'] capacity to intervene, to compare, to judge, to decide, to choose, to desist makes them capable of acts of greatness, of dignity, and, at the same time, of the unthinkable in terms of indignity. Paulo Freire dignitygreatnessjudging This pedagogy makes oppression and its causes objects of reflection by the oppressed, and from that reflection will come their necessary engagement in the struggle for their liberation. And in the struggle this pedagogy will be made and remade Paulo Freire feministreflectionstruggle The oppressed want at any cost to resemble the oppressors." "They call themselves ignorant and say the 'professor' is the one who has knowledge and to whom they should listen." "Almost never do they realize that they, too, 'know things' they have learned in their relations with the world. Paulo Freire ignorantcostworld Teachers and students (leadership and people), co-intent on reality, are both Subjects, not only in the task of unveiling that reality, and thereby coming to know it critically, but in the task of re-creating that knowledge. As they attain this knowledge of reality through common reflection and action, they discover themselves as its permanent re-creators. Paulo Freire reflectionteacherreality Teacher preparation should go beyond the technical preparation of teachers and be rooted in the ethical formation both of selves and of history. Paulo Freire preparationselfteacher Even revolution, which transforms a concrete situation of oppression by establishing the process of liberation, must confront this phenomenon. Many of the oppressed who directly or indirectly participate in revolution intend - conditioned by the myths of the old order - to make it their private revolution. The shadow of their former oppressor is still cast over them. Paulo Freire revolutionshadoworder 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. Paulo Freire transformationessentialsroles some may think that to affirm dialogue—the encounter of women and men in the world in order to transform the world—is naively and subjectively idealistic. there is nothing, however, more real or concrete than people in the world and with the world, than humans with other humans. Paulo Freire realmenthinking 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 sure way to cease being revolutionary leaders. Paulo Freire revolutionary-leadersselfthinking Education is suffering from narration sickness. Paulo Freire pedagogy-of-the-oppressedsicknesssuffering A revolutionary leadership must accordingly practice co-intentional education. Paulo Freire revolutionarypractice Submission to suffering is a form of annihilation, but transformation of suffering rekindles a faith that gives life. Paulo Freire transformationsufferinggiving The future isn't something hidden in a corner.The future is something we build in the present. Paulo Freire corners 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. Paulo Freire praxisspeakworld ... there are moments in which the teacher, as the authority talks to the learners, says what must be done, establishes limits without which the very freedom of learners is lost in lawlessness, but these moments, in accordance with the political options of the educator, are alternated with others in which the educator speaks with the learner. Paulo Freire societypoliticalteacher It's no sin to make a critical study of Brazil's reality. A small percentage own land. Most people don't. Paulo Freire landrealitypeople Any attempt to treat people as semihumans only dehumanizes them. Paulo Freire pedagogy-of-the-oppressedtreatspeople Education must begin with the solution of the student-teacher contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students. Paulo Freire teacherssolutionstudentseducation Manipulation, sloganizing, depositing, regimentation, and prescription cannot be components of revolutionary praxis, precisely because they are the components of the praxis of domination. Paulo Freire preciselycannotbecausemanipulation At a certain point in their existential experience, the oppressed feel an irresistible attraction toward the oppressor and his way of life. Sharing this way of life becomes an overpowering aspiration. Paulo Freire feelexperiencelifeway
