Theodor Adorno

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#insoluble #neither #nor #others #our

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#ego #embarrassment #impotence #knowing #longer

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what is not assigned is processed like a problem. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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