Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died, can inflict it administratively on innumerable people.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

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

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

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 integrates is lost.

He who integrates is lost.

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...

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

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.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

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.

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.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

No emancipation without that of society.

No emancipation without that of society.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.