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“If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself”
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Alexander Sutherland Neill
Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1953). “The Free Child”
#Looks Quotes
#Emotion Quotes
#Intellect Quotes
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“There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent”
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Alexander Sutherland Neill
Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1932). “The Problem Parent”
#Children Quotes
#Inspiration Quotes
#Parent Quotes
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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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Alexander Sutherland Neill
Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1970). “Summerhill: for & against”, Hart Pub. Co
#Education Quotes
#Children Quotes
#Teaching Quotes
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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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Alexander Sutherland Neill
#Love Quotes
#Crush Quotes
#Soulmate Quotes
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“I never once went to a prostitute, maybe because so many enthusiastic amateurs were around.”
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Alexander Sutherland Neill
Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1972). “Neill! Neill! Orange peel!: An autobiography”, Hart Associates
#Enthusiastic Quotes
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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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Alexander Sutherland Neill
Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1969). “Summerhill: a radical appoach to education”
#Family Quotes
#Children Quotes
#Absence Quotes
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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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Alexander Sutherland Neill
Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1969). “Summerhill: a radical appoach to education”
#Family Quotes
#Children Quotes
#War Quotes
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“Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference.”
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Alexander Sutherland Neill
Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1969). “Summerhill: a radical appoach to education”
#Love Quotes
#Hate Quotes
#Opposites Quotes
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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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Alexander Sutherland Neill
Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1969). “Summerhill: a radical appoach to education”
#Children Quotes
#School Quotes
#Ideas Quotes
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“Take from others what you want, but never be a disciple of anyone.”
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Alexander Sutherland Neill
Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1972). “Neill! Neill! Orange peel!: An autobiography”, Hart Associates
#Want Quotes
#What You Want Quotes
#Disciple Quotes
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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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Alexander Sutherland Neill
#Life Quotes
#Learning Quotes
#Important Quotes
