We have bigger houses but 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 medicines but less healthiness.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble in crossing the street to meet our new neighbour.
We built more computers to hold more copies than ever,
But have less real communication
We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods but slow digestion
Tall man but short characters,
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It’s a time when there is much in the window
But nothing in the room.
We have more degrees but less sense
more knowledge but less judgment
more experts, but more problems
more medicines but less healthiness.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble in crossing the street to meet our new neighbour.
We built more computers to hold more copies than ever,
But have less real communication
We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods but slow digestion
Tall man but short characters,
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It’s a time when there is much in the window
But nothing in the room.
— His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
