Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow

There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Beware the person with nothing to lose

One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things.