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

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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

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

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...

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.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization...

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization...

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

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

The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.

The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.

Normality is death.

Normality is death.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the...

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the...

Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.

Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

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.

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of...

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of...

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...