Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of … - Alexander Sutherland Neill

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Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.

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 happen to a child.

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If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself

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

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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.

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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.

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

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