a living, but not a life; we’ve added years to life, not life to years.
我们常常夸夸其谈,却很少付出爱心,且常常心中充满了仇恨。我们学会了如何谋生,而不知如何生活。我们延长了生命的期限,而不是生活的期限。
we’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. we’ve conquered outer space, but not inner space; we’ve done larger things, but not better things.
我们登上了月球,并成功返回,却不能穿过街道去拜访新邻居。我们已经征服了太空,却征服不了自己的内心;我们的事业越做越大,但质量却没有提高。
we’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice. we write more, but learn less; we plan more, but accomplish less.
我们清洁了空气,却污染了灵魂;我们分离了原子,却无法驱除我们的偏见;我们写得更多,学到的却更少;我们的计划更多,完成的却更少。
we’ve learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but, lower morals.
我们学会了奔跑,却忘记了如何等待;我们的收入越来越高,道德水平却越来越低。
we build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; we’ve become long on quantity, but short