Direct Orient Express

Famous quotes containing the words direct, orient and/or express:

    It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.
    Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)

    Of all that Orient lands can vaunt,
    Of marvels with our own competing,
    The strangest is the Haschish plant,
    And what will follow on its eating.
    John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    Why does philosophy use concepts and why does faith use symbols if both try to express the same ultimate? The answer, of course, is that the relation to the ultimate is not the same in each case. The philosophical relation is in principle a detached description of the basic structure in which the ultimate manifests itself. The relation of faith is in principle an involved expression of concern about the meaning of the ultimate for the faithful.
    Paul Tillich (1886–1965)