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 we have less |
| We buy more | but enjoy it less |
| We have bigger houses | and smaller families |
| More conveniences | but less time |
| More degrees | but less sense |
| More knowledge | but less judgment |
| More experts | but more problems |
| More medicine | but less well-being |
| We have multiplied our possessions | but reduced our values |
| We talk too much | but listen too little |
| We’ve learned how to make a big living | but not a life |
| We’ve added years to life | not life to years |
| We’ve been all the way to the moon | but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor |
| We’ve conquered outer space | but not inner space |
| We’ve cleaned up the air | but polluted the soul |
| We’ve split the atom | but not our prejudice |
| We have higher incomes | but lower morals |
| These are the days of two incomes | but more divorce |
| Of fancier houses | but broken homes |
| There is much in the showroom | and little in the stockroom |
| We’ve become long on quantity | but short on quality |
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© Casper Centre - The South African Board of Jewish Education, From the Fact Sheet “Shabbat”, Sept. 1999 |
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