Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means. – Theodor Adorno
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
In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so. – Theodor Adorno
An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences. – Theodor Adorno
In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve. – Theodor Adorno
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
In the age of the individual’s liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew. – Theodor Adorno
Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies. – Theodor Adorno
Work while you work, play while you play – this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. – Theodor Adorno
The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own. – Theodor Adorno
Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing. – Theodor Adorno
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
Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction. – Theodor Adorno
The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them. – Theodor Adorno
Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died, can inflict it administratively on innumerable people. – Theodor Adorno
