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

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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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...

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

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

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

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

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and...

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and...

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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,...

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.

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

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...

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

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

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

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden...

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden...

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 whole is the false.

The whole is the false.

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

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

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.

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

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