Original artwork, not a still
Strength to Love · 1963
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker warns that our tools, methods and capabilities have advanced beyond the goals they are supposed to serve. Technical power has grown faster than clarity about purpose. The line is a criticism of a society that is better at how to live than at deciding what living is for.
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