Strife with the self leads you to a higher stage, and try your best to attain that through sincere struggle. Source: Forty Hadith | Imam Khomeini (R)

This world is a stage of action and its aim is a higher and more sublime sphere of existence. Source: Forty Hadith | Imam Khomeini (R)

The jihad of the self is the jihad of greater importance. Source: Forty Hadith | Imam Khomeini (R)

A rational man should think of his own self introspectively and should feel pity for his state of helplessness. With a sense of pity he should address his own self, saying, “O callous self! You have wasted precious years of your short life in pursuit of hedonistic and carnal inclinations! And nothing is gained except…
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You should be regretful before Allah for your past deeds, and commence a new journey in the direction of His prescribed goal, the journey that leads to the life of eternity and perpetual bliss. Source: Forty Hadith | Imam Khomeini (R)