Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

Topics: Discrimination Quotes

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at...

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at...

Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of...

Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of...

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it...

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it...

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

The whole is the false.

The whole is the false.

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one...

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one...

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen...

Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen...

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...