He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

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.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

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...

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...

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants....

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants....

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...

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the...

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the...

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

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.

Normality is death.

Normality is death.

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

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

The divide of race has been Americas constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives...

The divide of race has been Americas constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives...

I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.

I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.