Paulo Freire Quotes

The United States is a great, great country, but it's not the only country, and we can learn a great deal beyond our own shores.

All I know is that every time I go to Africa, I am shaken to my core.

It has always surprised me that in a world of relations as hard as that of the United States, cordiality constantly springs out like water from an unstanchable fountain.

I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy.

I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor.

I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.

Friends from the press, China needs to learn more about the world, and the world also needs to learn more about China. I hope you will continue to make more efforts and contributions to deepening the mutual understanding between China and the countries of the world.

I think we need to maintain the good relationship between the people of Egypt and the people of the United States.

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.

In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding.

I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.

The world is far more interconnected today. Hence the need to understand each other is greater than ever before.

It is always upon the spirit that I lay stress. The world should know more about our spirit, for the world has tended to ignore Asiatic civilization. I am firmly convinced that the fundamentals of Asiatic civilization are just as good as the European

I have come here, therefore, on a voyage of discovery of the mind and heart of America and to place before you our own heart. Thus we may promote that understanding and cooperation which, I feel sure, both our countries earnestly desire.

There must not and cannot be any conflict, estrangement or misunderstanding between the Chinese people and America.

We in the so called 'Western civilisations' have so much to learn from other cultures, and they would stand to gain so much by learning from ours. We don't have all the answers - far from it... but nor do any other culture or religion.

Personally, I hope that we British continue to criticise America - just as I hope Americans will criticise us. That is what friends do.

It's important that we have a global perspective and look abroad and learn from our neighbors.

You go to Africa, and you see how things are over there. Spiritually, it opens you up.

I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples - faraway peoples - so that Americans might better understand themselves.

The spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.

Social media is my portal into the rest of the world - my periscope into the communities next to my community, into how the rest of the world thinks and feels.

I understand different cultures because I have travelled a lot.

I have a good relationship with Russians, and with Americans. So I'm neutral.