Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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

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

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one...

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one...

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

There is no love that is not an echo.

There is no love that is not an echo.

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

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

I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but...

I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but...

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.