The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

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...

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.

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.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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...

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.

There is no love that is not an echo.

There is no love that is not an echo.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

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.

In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.

In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

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 joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

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...

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....

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what...

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what...

He who integrates is lost.

He who integrates is lost.