Alexander Sutherland Neill Quotes

#1. I never once went to a prostitute, maybe because so many enthusiastic amateurs were around.

Alexander Sutherland Neill

#2. The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should live.

Alexander Sutherland Neill

#3. It starts with a crush, it then may turn into love, and hopefully will end up as soulmates.

Alexander Sutherland Neill

#4. There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent

Alexander Sutherland Neill

#5. 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 Neill

#6. 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 Neill

#7. 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 Neill

#8. Take from others what you want, but never be a disciple of anyone.

Alexander Sutherland Neill

#9. 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