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

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

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...

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

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

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

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...

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.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

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...

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

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

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own...

Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own...

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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...

Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.