The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people.

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.

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.

At times, I have been criticized by some philosophers of education, who place me in postures that they classify pejoratively as 'revolutionary.' But I have had the satisfaction of being invited to work in societies making progressive efforts without wavering. They were changing, and so they called on me.

Critical and liberating dialogue, which presupposes action, must be carried on with the oppressed at whatever the stage of their struggle for liberation. The content of that dialogue can and should vary in accordance with historical conditions and the level at which the oppressed perceive reality.

Education is freedom.

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.

Every society needs to examine itself in relation to other societies.

How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation?

I am an educator who thinks globally.

It is not systematic education which somehow molds society, but, on the contrary, society which, according to its particular structure, shapes education in relation to the ends and interests of those who control the power in that society.

It's no sin to make a critical study of Brazil's reality. A small percentage own land. Most people don't.

Just as it is important in Latin America to discuss ideas that come from North America, I think it is interesting for North Americans to discuss ideas that come from Latin America or Africa and do not insert themselves into capitalist interests.

Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferrals of information.

Manipulation, sloganizing, depositing, regimentation, and prescription cannot be components of revolutionary praxis, precisely because they are the components of the praxis of domination.

Revolution is born as a social entity within the oppressor society.

The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.

Those truly committed to liberation must reject the banking concept in its entirety, adopting instead a concept of women and men as conscious beings and consciousness as consciousness intent upon the world.

The earliest language was body language and since this language is the language of questions if we limit the questions and if we only pay attention to or place values on spoken or written language then we are ruling out a large area of human language.

It would be a contradiction in terms if the oppressors not only defended but actually implemented a liberating education.

Dehumanization although a concrete historical fact is not a given destiny but the result of an unjust order that engenders violence in the oppressors which in turn dehumanizes the oppressed.

Dialogue cannot exist without humility.

Dialogue cannot exist however in the absence of a profound love for the world and its people.

The intellectual activity of those without power is always characterized as non-intellectual.

Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it.

One of the methods of manipulation is to inoculate individuals with the bourgeois appetite for personal success.

The hope of remaking the world is indispensable in the struggle of oppressed men and women.

There is, in fact, no teaching without learning. One requires the other.

No oppressive order could permit the oppressed to begin to question: Why?

When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges.

Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.

If you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum.

Any new producer starting up is to get investors' confidence. Investors are still very very wary of anything to do with the arts world.

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.

As a scouting department, with the confidence we have in our player development, if a guy has the potential that we think they have and the makeup and they stay healthy, we think they will be a productive Major Leaguer. We take a lot of pride in that.

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.

I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan.

Well, I am a Republican, and I would run as a Republican. And I have a lot of confidence in the Republican Party. I don't have a lot of confidence in the president. I think what's happening to this country is unbelievably bad. We're no longer a respected country.

I think it is important to maintain a sense of self and confidence, not letting either falter for the sake of a particular part or project, no matter how great it might be.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

We were given clear concrete tools. The course did a great job demystifying the art of fiction writing and fostering confidence. The instructor brought complex concepts down to earth. I will miss coming here every week.

Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.