Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

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...

If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.

If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

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 first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

There is no love that is not an echo.

There is no love that is not an echo.

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.

The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.

The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

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...

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed...

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed...

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and...

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and...