Imam Ali (AS) said, Fight against your [lower] self in obedience to Allah the way an enemy would fight his enemy, and overpower it the way a rival would overpower his opponent, for indeed the strongest person is the one who subdues his self.
Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1548Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Struggle against your self in Allahs worship just as one fights ones enemy, and overcome it just as one overcomes ones...