Theodor W. Adorno Quotes

The mind at war with itself does war with any other mind, and that produces war in the world - all of it.

A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul.

Everyone has a conflict inside of them - the conflict between what you should do and what you want to do.

That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at.

I've always been at war with myself, for right or wrong.

It's not like you make a decision and everything inside you is 100 percent happy.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Of course, we're all a mass of contradictions.

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.

I like to behave in an extremely normal, wholesome manner for the most part in my daily life. Even if mentally I'm consumed with sick visions of violence, terror, sex and death.

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

It's always interesting to see somebody struggling with two different sides of their personality.

I'm a walking contradiction.

I've always been at war with myself, for right or wrong. I don't know how to explain it more. It's universal. Some people are better at dealing with it, and they sleep with no pain - not pain, arguments. I've grown quite comfortable with being at war.

'Armor On' explains why I needed armor in the first place. Sonically, you'll hear this battle of, 'I love you, no I don't. I love you, I hate you.' That's what you'll feel. You see the story kind of fight against itself.

I am always fascinated by the mental struggles that people and characters have.

Ever since I was a little kid, there was something about change that scared me so much, but, at the same time, I've always been terrified of being stuck, so it's kind of like a paradox that I'm living.

What keeps us from achieving our heart's desires is not anything outside of us, it's the conflict inside.

We are by far the most contradictory of all primates. An animal with this much internal conflict has never lived on this earth.

She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself.

Modern science knows much about such conflicts. We call the mental state that engenders it "ambivalence": a collision between thought and feeling.

We are not at war (except with our own demons).