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Instead of respecting things, we want to use them for ourselves and if it is difficult to use them, we want to conquer them.

Shunryu Suzuki
Use, Want, Conquer
"Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen". Book by Shunryū Suzuki. Chapter: "Respect For Things", p. 81, 2002.
Instead of respecting things, we want to use them for ourselves and if it is difficult to use them, we want to conquer them.