Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To exist, humanly, is to name the world, to change it. Once named, the world in its turn reappears to the namers as a problem and requires of them a new naming. People are not built in silence, but in word, in work, in action-reflection.


Pioneers in Education: Essays in Honor of Paulo Freire (ed. Nova Publishers, 2008) - ISBN: 9781600214790

Paulo Freire Quotes

Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To exist,...

Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To exist,...

Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To exist,...

Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To exist,...