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Times of Contradiction

We have larger houses, but smaller families,more comfort, but less time.We have more education, but less understanding,more knowledge, but less insight,more experts, but more problems,more medicine, but less good health We have reached the moon,but we have problems crossing the streetto meet our new neighbors. We invent more and more powerful computersand produce more and more information,for which more paper is consumed than ever before,but there is less communication in our lives. We get more and more in terms of quantity,but less and less in terms of quality.These are the times of fast food and bad digestion,of inflated egos, but little personality,of high profits, but superficial friendship. These are the times of showing offwith no substantial background.
Words by: The 14th Dalai Lama
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July 26, 2011