The Paradox Of Our Age

"We have bigger houses,
and smaller families;
more convenience, but less time;
we have degrees, but less sense;
more knowledge, but less judgment;
more experts, but more problems;
more medecine, but less healthiness.

We have been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.

We built more computers
to hold more information
to produce more copies than ever,
but have less communication.

We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.

These are times of fast foods,
and slow digestion;
tall man and short character;
steep profits, and shallow relationships.

It is a time when there is much is in the window,
and nothing in the room."

His Holiness The XIVth Dalai Lama