Hermann Broch Quotes

"What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone."
- Hermann Broch
(Related: People, Hope, Promises)

"Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part."
- Hermann Broch
(Related: Thought, Sea)

"One who hates is a man holding a magnifying-glass, and when he hates someone, he knows precisely that person's surface, from the soles of his feet all the way up to each hair on the hated head."
- Hermann Broch
(Related: Feet, Hair, Man)

"No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness."
- Hermann Broch
(Related: Death, Soul, Impression)

"Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves."
- Hermann Broch
(Related: Information, Man, Wishes)