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Quotes from Summerhill — A. S. Neill

1883–1973 Scotland

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My own criterion of success is the ability to work joyfully and to live positively.

Summerhill (1960)

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.

Summerhill (1960)

You cannot make children learn music or anything else without to some degree converting them into will-less adults.

Summerhill (1960)

Hate breeds hate, and love breeds love.

Summerhill (1960)

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.

Summerhill (1960)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: A. S. Neill (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.