Alexander Sutherland Neill quotes:

There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent

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.

If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself

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

Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference.

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.

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.

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

I answered that one learns to live, not by hearing of other lives, but by living; for words are infinitely less important than acts.

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

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