Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also. health
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
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. work
No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit. alone
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. freedom
Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar. love & power
Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength. love & strength
Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. art & truth
None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace. peace
Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men. technology
Intelligence is a moral category. intelligence
Not only is the self entwined in society it owes society its existence in the most literal sense. society
History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it. history
Every work of art is an uncommitted crime. art & work
In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew. age
Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination. art
The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. power
Wrong life cannot be lived rightly. life
No emancipation without that of society. society
Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane. art
The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power. power
The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. art
Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic. happiness
Normality is death. death
True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves. alone
The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass. best