"Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?"
"When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering and caring for his own family, the whole community is sick."
"We are confident. We have ourselves. We know how to sacrifice. We know how to work. But even more than that, we are true believers in the whole idea of justice. Justice is so much on our side, that it is going to see us through.”
"I am an organizer, not a union leader. A good organizer has to work hard and long. There are no shortcuts. You just keep talking to people, working with them, sharing, exchanging and they come along."
"If you're not frightened that you might fail, you'll never do the job. If you're frightened, you'll work like crazy."
"A word as to the education of the heart. We don't believe that this can be imparted through books; it can only be imparted through the loving touch of the teacher."
"Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers."
"¡Sí se puede!"
