I have never struggled to rectify something that is more difficult to overcome than my soul; sometimes I win, and sometimes I lose.

—Sufyān al-Thawrī [d. 161H/778CE]

(Read on pg 86, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thauree. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2005.)