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Theodor Adorno Quotes: "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.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated."

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.




Theodor Adorno Quotes: "The capacity for fear and for happiness are the same, the unrestricted openness to experience amounting to self-abandonment in which the vanquished rediscovers himself."

The capacity for fear and for happiness are the same, the unrestricted openness to experience amounting to self-abandonment in which the vanquished rediscovers himself.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline."

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.




Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Love is the ability to discover similarities in the dis-similar. The audience has a right not to be fooled - even if it insists on being fooled."

Love is the ability to discover similarities in the dis-similar. The audience has a right not to be fooled - even if it insists on being fooled.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Even the loveliest dream bears like a blemish its difference from reality, the awareness that what it grants is mere illusion."

Even the loveliest dream bears like a blemish its difference from reality, the awareness that what it grants is mere illusion.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "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.




Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come."

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "He who integrates is lost."

He who integrates is lost.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain."

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality."

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



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire."

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.




Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category."

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "The power of works of art still continues to be secretly nourished by imitation... kitsch"

The power of works of art still continues to be secretly nourished by imitation... kitsch



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Philosophy ... must not bargain away anything of the emphatic concept of truth."

Philosophy ... must not bargain away anything of the emphatic concept of truth.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "The whole is the false."

The whole is the false.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Death is imposed only on creatures, not their creations, and has therefore always appeared in art in a broken form: as allegory."

Death is imposed only on creatures, not their creations, and has therefore always appeared in art in a broken form: as allegory.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Those who cannot help ought also not advise: in an order where every mousehole has been plugged, mere advice exactly equals condemnation."

Those who cannot help ought also not advise: in an order where every mousehole has been plugged, mere advice exactly equals condemnation.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations."

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



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image of the past, but to the past itself."

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image of the past, but to the past itself.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "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.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve."

In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "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.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Intelligence is a moral category."

Intelligence is a moral category.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power."

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic."

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes."

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



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Life has become the ideology of its own absence."

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "He who matures early lives in anticipation."

He who matures early lives in anticipation.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "People at the top are closing ranks so tightly that all possibility of subjective deviation has gone, and difference can be sought only in the more distinguished cut of an evening dress."

People at the top are closing ranks so tightly that all possibility of subjective deviation has gone, and difference can be sought only in the more distinguished cut of an evening dress.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "By abstaining from all definite content, whether as formal logic and theory of science or as the legend of Being beyond all beings, philosophy declared its bankruptcy regarding concrete social goals."

By abstaining from all definite content, whether as formal logic and theory of science or as the legend of Being beyond all beings, philosophy declared its bankruptcy regarding concrete social goals.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "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."

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.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated."

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense."

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction."

Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Words of the jargon sound as if they said something higher than what they mean."

Words of the jargon sound as if they said something higher than what they mean.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday."

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you."

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also."

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "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.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations."

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own."

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



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Vague expression permits the hearer to imagine whatever suits him and what he already thinks in any case."

Vague expression permits the hearer to imagine whatever suits him and what he already thinks in any case.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means."

Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "It is not the office of art to spotlight alternatives, but to resist by its form alone the course of the world, which permanently puts a pistol to men's heads."

It is not the office of art to spotlight alternatives, but to resist by its form alone the course of the world, which permanently puts a pistol to men's heads.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "All the world's not a stage."

All the world's not a stage.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "The joke of our time is the suicide of intention."

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes."

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



Theodor Adorno Quotes: "When I made my theoretical model, I could not have guessed that people would try to realise it with Molotov cocktails."

When I made my theoretical model, I could not have guessed that people would try to realise it with Molotov cocktails.