Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points ofview;
今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇和更宽阔的公路,但我们的性情却更急躁,眼光也更狭隘;
we spend more, but enjoy less;
我们消耗的更多,享受的却更少;
we have bigger houses, but smaller families;
我们的房子变大了,但家庭却变小了;
we have more compromises, but less time;
我们妥协更多,时间更少;
we have more knowledge, but less judgment;
我们拥有了更多的知识,判断力却更差;
we have more medicines, but less health;
我们有了更多的药品,但健康却更不如意;
we have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values;
我们拥有的财富倍增,但价值却减少了;
we talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;
我们说的很多,爱的很少,而仇恨多的过分;
we reached the moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our ownstreet and meet our neighbors;
我们可以往返月球,却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的邻里;
we have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space.
我们可以征服外太空,却征服不了我们的内心。