Coming to life as classics, they come to life as other than themselves; they are deprived of their antagonistic force, of the estrangement which was the very dimension of their truth.

The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality to define what is real.

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.

Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.

The spontaneous reproduction of superimposed needs by the individual does not establish autonomy; it only testifies to the efficacy of the control.

The Superego, in censoring the unconscious and in implanting conscience, also censors the censor.

Most people are afraid of freedom. They are conditioned to be afraid of it.

There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop.

The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value counts. On it centers the rationality of the status quo, and all alien rationality is bent to It.

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

Entertainment and learning are not opposites; entertainment may be the most effective mode of learning.

People who don’t know the power of their mind shall only have power without power

A person who has 'tidied up' has both the words and a tidy area to show for it. It is much harder to find a word that describes the giving-up-things mode of attention a mother is giving to her baby.

God forgives man the time spent looking at airplane photos.

Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.

I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore.

Iran rejects weapons of mass destruction based on its belief system, its religious belief system, as well as its ethical standpoint.

When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform... sends fuel to the brain.

If you try to shoot me, I will have to shoot you back and I promise I will not miss.

Hey, dont hate the player, hate the team.

You can resent your bald spot or be glad you have a head