Triviality is evil - triviality, that is, in the form of consciousness and mind that adapts itself to the world as it is, that obeys the principle of inertia. And this principle of inertia truly is what is radically evil.
Theodor AdornoToday self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing.
Theodor AdornoThe need to let suffering speak is a condition of all truth. For suffering is objectivity that weighs upon the subject
Theodor Adorno