Quotes by : A.S. Neill

No teacher has the right to cure a child of making noises on a drum. The only curing that should be practiced....

All crimes, all hatreds, all wars can be reduced to unhappiness.

If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself

The function of a child is to live his/her own life, not the life that his/her anxious parents think....

Small boys often produce their own plays; but usually the parts are not written out. They hardly need....

Summerhill children are allowed to go through their gangster period, and consequentially more furniture....

Compelled respect always implies fear.

I would rather see a school produce a happy street cleaner than a neurotic scholar.