The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

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.

The whole is the false.

The whole is the false.

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

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

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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...

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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.

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.

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...

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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

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

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

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...