Beware of Your Soul

Imaam Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah said:

Beware of your soul, for no misfortune has befallen you except because of it, so do not ever be reconciled with it. By Allaah! Its honour is derived from its submission (to Allaah),  its dignity is derived from its subservience, its reform is derived from its breakdown,  its comfort is derived from its harship, its security is derived from its fear (of Allaah), and its pleasure is derived from its sorrow.

• Al Fawaa'id (Eng trans. pg. 108)