Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...

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

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

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...

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself,...

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself,...

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

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...

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.

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

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

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

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

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

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what...

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what...

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

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

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

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

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay...

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay...

Normality is death.

Normality is death.

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...

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.