Alexander Sutherland Neill quotes
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“If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself”
-- Alexander Sutherland NeillSource : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1953). “The Free Child”
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“There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent”
-- Alexander Sutherland NeillSource : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1932). “The Problem Parent”
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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.”
-- Alexander Sutherland NeillSource : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1970). “Summerhill: for & against”, Hart Pub. Co
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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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“I never once went to a prostitute, maybe because so many enthusiastic amateurs were around.”
-- Alexander Sutherland NeillSource : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1972). “Neill! Neill! Orange peel!: An autobiography”, Hart Associates
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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.”
-- Alexander Sutherland NeillSource : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1969). “Summerhill: a radical appoach to education”
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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.”
-- Alexander Sutherland NeillSource : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1969). “Summerhill: a radical appoach to education”
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“Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference.”
-- Alexander Sutherland NeillSource : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1969). “Summerhill: a radical appoach to education”
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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.”
-- Alexander Sutherland NeillSource : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1969). “Summerhill: a radical appoach to education”
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“Take from others what you want, but never be a disciple of anyone.”
-- Alexander Sutherland NeillSource : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1972). “Neill! Neill! Orange peel!: An autobiography”, Hart Associates
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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.”
-- Alexander Sutherland Neill
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