“Discontent follows ambition like a shadow.”

“The chief good is the suspension of the judgment, which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.”

Diogenes Laërtius (180–240) biographer of ancient Greek philosophers

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“As shadows attend substances, so words follow upon things.”

Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886) Irish bishop

“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. -Komura”

Haruki Murakami (1949) Japanese author, novelist

“The shadow does not follow the body more closely than eloquence accompanies sagacity.”

Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560) German reformer

“If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.”

Bruce Lee book Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“My ambition was to live like music.”

Mary Gaitskill (1954) Novelist, short story writer, essayist

“Men and women aren't really dogs: they only look like it and behave like it. Somewhere inside there is a great chagrin and a gnawing discontent.”

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter

“Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.”

Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist