If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward. Theodor Adorno on money
None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace. Theodor Adorno on peace
Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar. Theodor Adorno on 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 on power
The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. Theodor Adorno on power
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest. Theodor Adorno on society
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 on society
No emancipation without that of society. Theodor Adorno on society
Not only is the self entwined in society it owes society its existence in the most literal sense. Theodor Adorno on society
Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength. Theodor Adorno on strength
Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men. Theodor Adorno on technology
Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. Theodor Adorno on truth
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 on truth
A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it. Theodor Adorno on truth
Every work of art is an uncommitted crime. Theodor Adorno on work
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. Theodor Adorno on work