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A. S. Neill
7 quotes
“A good teacher does not draw out; he gives out, and what he gives out is love. And by love I mean approval, or if you like, friendliness, good nature. The good teacher not only understands the child: he approves of the child.”
A. S. Neill (1883–1973) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Problem Teacher (1939), p. 11
“If the emotions are free, the intellect will look after itself.”
A. S. Neill (1883–1973) first seen 1953 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Free Child (1953), p. 29
“A child is innately wise and realistic. If left to himself without adult suggestion of any kind, he will develop as far as he is capable of developing.”
A. S. Neill (1883–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hate breeds hate, and love breeds love.”
A. S. Neill (1883–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My own criterion of success is the ability to work joyfully and to live positively.”
A. S. Neill (1883–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You cannot make children learn music or anything else without to some degree converting them into will-less adults. You fashion them into accepters of the status quo – a good thing for a society that needs obedient sitters at dreary desks, standers in shops, mechanical catchers of the 8:30 suburban train – a society, in short, that is carried on the shabby shoulders of the scared little man – the scared-to-death conformist.”
A. S. Neill (1883–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No one has the right to make a boy learn Latin, because learning is a matter for individual choice; but if in a Latin class, a boy fools all the time, the class should throw him out, because he interferes with the freedom of others.”
A. S. Neill (1883–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source