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

Quote by Theodor Adorno

Topics: Catastrophe Quotes

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

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...

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

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

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

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the...

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the...

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.

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...

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

There is no love that is not an echo.

There is no love that is not an echo.

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

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

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...

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.

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

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

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

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

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

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

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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...