Komm, geh mit angeln, sagte der Fischer zum Wurm. - Bertolt Brecht

To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.

This is the year which people will talk about
This is the year which people will be silent about.<p>The old see the young die.
The foolish see the wise die.<p>The earth no longer produces, it devours.
The sky hurls down no rain, only iron.

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. (Weil die Dinge sind, wie sie sind, werden die Dinge nicht so bleiben wie sie sind.)