The paradox of our time in history is that:
- We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers
- Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
- We spend more, but have less
- We buy more, but enjoy it less.
- We have bigger houses and smaller families
- More conveniences, but less time
- We have more degrees, but less sense
- More knowledge, but less judgment
- More experts, but more problems
- More medicine, but less wellness.
- We drink too much, smoke too much
- Spend too recklessly, laugh too little
- Drive too fast, get angry too quickly
- Stay up too late, get up too tired
- Read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
- We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
- We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
- We've learned how to make a living, but not a life
- We've added years to life, not life to years.
- We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
- We've conquered outer space, but not inner space.
- We've done larger things, but not better things.
- We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
- We've split the atom, but not our prejudice.
- We write more, but learn less.
- We plan more, but accomplish less.
- We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
- We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication.
- These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion
- Tall men, and short character
- Steep profits, and shallow relationships.
- These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare.
- More leisure, but less fun
- More kinds of food, but less nutrition.
- These are days of two incomes, but more divorce
- Fancier houses, but broken homes.
- These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw-away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet, to kill.
- It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom
- A time when technology can bring this letter to you
- A time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.
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