Fight against your ego with the four swords of training: eat little, sleep little, speak little, and be patient when people harm… — Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi Copy Share Image
“Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
If you want an enemy, the soul (nafs) is sufficient. If you want advice, death is sufficient. — Said Nursi Copy Share Image
In Sufi terms the crushing of the ego is called Nafs Kushi. And how do we crush it? We crush it by… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Your nafs (soul/desires) is your first battlefield. If you are victorious over it, then you will find the other battlefields easier. — Hassan al-Banna Copy Share Image
Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart. — Shams Tabrizi Copy Share Image
My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder. — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
When one talks about being like a dead corpse in the hands of a spiritual teacher it means being able to surrender… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
“إن الطريق إلي الحقيقة يمر من القلب، لا من الرأس فأجعل قلبك لا عقلك دليلك الرئيسي ، وجه .. تحد ,, وتغلب… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That Islam you see on TV does not represent me, I'm too busy waging jihad against myself, My own nafs are my… — Boonaa Mohammed Copy Share Image
One of the greatest tazkiya (purification) of the nafs (self) is to part with your money and to give it to people… — Junaid Jamshed Copy Share Image
There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is… — Umar Copy Share Image
His constant fight is with the Nafs (self-interest), the root of all disharmony and the only enemy of man. By crushing this… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Your Nafs is just like a suckling child. If you do not take the pains to wean him, he will yearn for… — Busiri Copy Share Image
“The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Si no te reprochas a ti mismo”, dice Saadi, “no aceptarás el reproche ajeno.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy is hiding within yourself, and that enemy is your nafs or false ego. — Rumi Copy Share Image
