Theodor W. Adorno Quotes

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

I had no monarch in my life, and cannot rule myself; and when I try to organize, my little force explodes and leaves me bare and charred.

Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted

Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.

Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.

Cultivate within yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline.

Why should I give someone else such power over my life?

A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.

No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?

Sometimes, one must become a master to avoid becoming a slave.

The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.

Ask advice of him who governs himself well.

He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.