Paulo Freire Quotes

Reading equals hope times change.

Being able to read, write, do your sums really transforms a human being.

Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy - which many believe goes hand in hand with it - will be dead as well.

If you haven't read you don't have the voice. The lack of voice eliminates experience.

Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.

I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise.

People believe in the power of education to change lives.

I've seen firsthand how books can change people's lives. It happened to me.

Reading has been a part of my life ever since I was born.

Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.

Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.

Mother, I am young. Mother, I am just eighteen. I am strong. I will work hard, Mother. But I do not want this child to grow up just to work hard. What must I do, mother, what must I do to make a different world for her? How do I start?" "The secret lies in the reading and the writing. You are able to read. Every day you must read one page from some good book to your child. Every day this must be until the child learns to read. Then she must read every day, I know this is the secret

My mum taught me how to read before I went to kindergarden, I always thought that being able to read provided lightness, help to dispel darkness, ignorance and stupidity.

Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you

Read everything. If you haven't read everything, you'll never be able to write anything.

I always say that, to me, it starts with reading. This is something I tell high school kids, college kids, people trying to get into the business, that it's just so much about reading. Read, read, read. So much of everything else falls into place when you just do a ton of reading.

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

To read and write is a paradise.

Literacy is the door to knowledge, essential to individual self-esteem and empowerment. Books, in all forms, play an essential role here.

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.

Reading taught me how to write.

Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.