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Theodor Adorno quotes about thoughts

Deutsch Philosopher September 11, 1903 – August 6, 1969

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Thought as suc? is an act of negation, of resistance to that which is forced upon it; this is what thought has inherited from its archetype, the relation between labor and material. Today, when ideologues tend more than ever to encourage thought to be positive, they cleverly note that positivity runs precisely counter to thought, and that it takes friendly persuasion by social authority to accustom thought to positivity. Theodor Adorno
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
Theodor Adorno quote: "True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves."
True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves. Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno quote: "The thought that murders the wish that fathered it will be..."
The thought that murders the wish that fathered it will be overtaken by the revenge of stupidity Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno quote: "Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing..."
Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology. Theodor Adorno
Pleasure always means not to think about anything, to forget suffering even where it is shown. Basically it is helplessness. It is flight; not, as is asserted, flight from a wretched reality, but from the last remaining thought of resistance. Theodor Adorno
Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what is not assigned is processed like a problem. Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno quote: "Only thought which does violence to itself is hard enough to..."
Only thought which does violence to itself is hard enough to shatter myth. Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno quote: "Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion..."
Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means. Theodor Adorno

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