Alexander Sutherland Neill Quotes
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If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself
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The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should live.
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There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent
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I never once went to a prostitute, maybe because so many enthusiastic amateurs were around.
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The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself; and in consequence, he is at war with the world.
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When my first wife & I began the school, we had one main idea: to make the school fit the child - instead of making the child fit the school.
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Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest thing that can happen to a child.
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I answered that one learns to live, not by hearing of other lives, but by living; for words are infinitely less important than acts.
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It starts with a crush, it then may turn into love, and hopefully will end up as soulmates.
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Take from others what you want, but never be a disciple of anyone.
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Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference.
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