Inner Struggle Quotes

Just as I sit down to meditate, all the vilest subjects in the world come up. The whole thing is nauseating. Why should the mind think thoughts I do not want it to think? I am as it were a slave to the mind.

... I am At war 'twixt will and will not.

The enemies inside us: Indifference, Indecision, Doubt, Worry, and Over-caution.

My toughest opponent has always been me.

If your heart isn't yet illuminedBe awake always, be a seeker of the heart,Be at war continually with your carnal soul.But if your heart is already awakened,Sleep peacefully, sleep in the arms of Love

Your worst enemy is hiding within yourself, and that enemy is your nafs or false ego.

The monster is never just there where we think he is. What is truly monstrous is our cowardice and sloth.

Under peaceful conditions a warlike man sets upon himself.

The ultimate dragon is within you, it is your ego clamping you down.

A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. An overwhelming longing to rest and remain at peace by Bilbo's side in Rivendell filled all his heart. At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice. "I will take the Ring," he said, "though I do not know the way.

The worst thing thou has to fear is the treachery of thine own heart.

The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.