Summerhill Quotes & Sayings

The plain people, hereafter as in the past, will continue to make their own language, and the best that grammarians can do is to follow after it, haltingly, and not often with much insight into it. — H.L. Mencken

Master the chaos within yourself and I promise you, you will gain the strength to withstand any storm. — Nikki Rowe

[Schulz] came to see that the better part of his shyness was really vanity, or self-centeredness. "Shyness is an illusion," he would say, late in life. "If you get out and do something and talk to people, you don't have to be shy. Shyness is the overtly self-conscious thinking that you are the only person in the world; that how you look and what you do is of any importance. — David Michaelis

I've lived in Forest Hill Village, Riverdale, Summerhill, The Annex and Cabbagetown. Finding the right neighbourhood fit in Toronto is only slightly less tricky than finding the right partner to share it with. — Andy Barrie

The Painter's Keys is a timeless, universal guide to lifemanship masquerading as a painting blog. — Sara Genn

Scripture is the most up-to-date and relevant reading that ever comes my way. — J.I. Packer

You're the reason that my life wound up being worth anything angel, and I swear to you that I'll move Heaven and Earth to be worthy of you, always. — Ella Fox

Be careful to know yourself when the time comes," he warned the Little King. "The man who fails the test will run for the rest of his life, with the beast still in his heart. — Ellen Kushner

Bessie, you must promise not to scold me any more till I go." "Well, I will; but mind you are a very good girl, and don't be afraid of me. Don't start when I chance to speak rather sharply; it's so provoking. — Charlotte Bronte

Summerhill children are allowed to go through their gangster period, and consequentially more furniture is destroyed. — A.S. Neill

NO" is a complete sentence. It does not require an explanation to follow. You can truly answer someone's request with a simple No. — Sharon E. Rainey

A conscious understanding of the kind of cloth we wear, each moment of time, makes us be aware of what we must do or what we should never think of doing because of the cloth we wear! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah