The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

No emancipation without that of society.

No emancipation without that of society.

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

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

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants....

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants....

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

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

Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.

Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.

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...

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it...

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it...

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

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

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

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...

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

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

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

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

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

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

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.

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.