معتز

“The oppressed, having internalised the image of the oppressor and adopted his guideline are fearful of freedom. Freedom would require them to eject this image and replace it with autonomy and responsibility.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.”
― Reinhold Niebuhr

“وماذا تصنع بعمرك وقد ماتت أفكارك؟ ... وما طعم حياة الأب الذي فقد أبناءه ، وعاش إلى آخر دهره وحيداً؟! ...”
― توفيق الحكيم, أرني الله

“Discovering himself to be an oppressor may cause considerable anguish, but it does not necessarily lead to solidarity with the oppressed. Rationalizing his guilt through paternalistic treatment of the oppressed, all the while holding them fast in a position of dependence, will not do. Solidarity requires that one enter into the situation of those with whom one is solidary; it is a radical posture.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed