We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers

Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints

We spend more, but have less

We buy more, but enjoy less

We have bigger houses and smaller families

More convenience, but less time

We have more degrees, but less sense

More knowledge, but less judgment

More experts, but more problems

We have multiplied our possession, but reduces our values

We talk too much, love too seldom and lie too often

We have tried to make living, but not life

We have added years to life, not life to years

We have been to the moon and back, but have trouble Crossing the street to meet the new neighbor

We have conquered outer space but not inner space

We have done larger things, but not better things

We have cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul

We have split the atom, but not our prejudices

We have learnt more, but learn less

We have learnt to rush, but not to wait

We have higher incomes, but lower morals, more acquaintances, but few friends, more effort but less success

We built more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but less communication

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion

Tall men, and shorter character

Steep profits and shallow relationships

More kinds of foood and less nutrition

These are the days of two incomes, but more devorce, of financed houses and broken homes

These are the days of quick trips

Disposable diapers, throw away morality, one hight stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill

It is the time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stock room. Indeed, it’s all true.

Source: Jamiatul Ulama Transvaal in Amaana Magazine