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
Work while you work, play while you play – this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. – Theodor Adorno
If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all ones own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward. – Theodor Adorno
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