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

- Alexander Sutherland Neill

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

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

If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself

- Alexander Sutherland Neill

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 h…

- Alexander Sutherland Neill

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

- Alexander Sutherland Neill

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

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

- Alexander Sutherland Neill

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

- Alexander Sutherland Neill