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Top 10 A.S. Neill Quotes (2025 Update)

A.S. Neill Quote: “I would rather see a school produce a happy street cleaner than a neurotic scholar.”

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

A.S. Neill Quote: “Goodness than depends on fear of hell or fear of the policeman or fear of punishment is not goodness at all – it is simply cowardice. Goodness than depends on hope of reward or hope of praise or hope of heaven depends on bribery.”

2. “Goodness than depends on fear of hell or fear of the policeman or fear of punishment is not goodness at all – it is simply cowardice. Goodness than depends on hope of reward or hope of praise or hope of heaven depends on bribery.”

A.S. Neill Quote: “When we consider a child’s natural interest in things, we begin to realize the dangers of both reward and punishment. Rewards and punishment tend to pressure a child into interest. But true interest is the life force of the whole personality, and such interest is completely spontaneous.”

3. “When we consider a child’s natural interest in things, we begin to realize the dangers of both reward and punishment. Rewards and punishment tend to pressure a child into interest. But true interest is the life force of the whole personality, and such interest is completely spontaneous.”

A.S. Neill Quote: “All crimes, all hatreds, all wars can be reduced to unhappiness.”

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

A.S. Neill Quote: “I am all for teachers who can make their subjects interesting, who can make them live.”

5. “I am all for teachers who can make their subjects interesting, who can make them live.”

A.S. Neill Quote: “No teacher has the right to cure a child of making noises on a drum. The only curing that should be practiced is the curing of unhappiness.”

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

A.S. Neill Quote: “Compelled respect always implies fear.”

7. “Compelled respect always implies fear.”

A.S. Neill Quote: “Small boys often produce their own plays; but usually the parts are not written out. They hardly need to be, for the main line of each character is always “Stick ‘em up!” In these plays the curtain is always rung down on a set of corpses, for small boys are by nature through and uncompromising.”

8. “Small boys often produce their own plays; but usually the parts are not written out. They hardly need to be, for the main line of each character is always “Stick ‘em up!” In these plays the curtain is always rung down on a set of corpses, for small boys are by nature through and uncompromising.”

A.S. Neill Quote: “What is plain should be said plainly.”

9. “What is plain should be said plainly.”

A.S. Neill Quote: “Children do not need teaching as much as they need love and understanding.”

10. “Children do not need teaching as much as they need love and understanding.”

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