The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.

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 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...

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.

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

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 joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

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

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

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

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...

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

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

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.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

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.

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...

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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...

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...

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...