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

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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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...

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...

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 human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

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...

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...

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.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

No emancipation without that of society.

No emancipation without that of society.

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...

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.

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

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

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

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

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

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

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

There is no love that is not an echo.

There is no love that is not an echo.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.