في بعض الأحيان يجب أن تحطم كل ارتباطاتك حتى تفوز بنفسك. فإذا كانت علاقتنا بعائلاتنا وثيقة، ومكانتنا في المجتمع رفيعة، حتى إذا كانت علاقتنا جيدة بمدرستنا المحليّة أو مسجدنا وتقف عائقًا في طريق اتحادنا مع الله، فإنه يتعين علينا حينئذ أن نحطم هذه الارتباطات.

حين تتملكك إحدى العادات، عليك أن تحطمها.

To make yourself, it is also necessary to destroy yourself.

If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.

That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don't expect to get anything back, don't expect recognition for your efforts, don't expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Complete the circle. Not out of pride, inability or arrogance, but simply because whatever it is no longer fits in your life. Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are.

One has to remain detached in order to triumph over others

When you lose all sense of self the bonds of a thousands chains will vanish.
Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul.

I’m breaking my attachment to physical power and possessions, because only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

Sometimes you have to lose all you have to find out who you truly are.

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.

Don’t you want to be free of all that? [33] ‘But how can I do it?’ You’ve often heard how – you need to suspend desire completely, and train aversion only on things within your power. You should dissociate yourself from everything outside yourself – the body, possessions, reputation, books, applause, as well as office or lack of office. Because a preference for any of them immediately makes you a slave, a subordinate, and prone to disappointment.

You shouldn't compete against others. You should compete against yourself.

Lose yourself,
Lose yourself in this love.
When you lose yourself in this love,
you will find everything.

Lose yourself,
Lose yourself.
Do not fear this loss,
For you will rise from the earth
and embrace the endless heavens.

Lose yourself,
Lose yourself.
Escape from this earthly form,
For this body is a chain
and you are its prisoner.
Smash through the prison wall
and walk outside with the kings and princes.

Lose yourself,
Lose yourself at the foot of the glorious King. When you lose yourself
before the King
you will become the King.

Lose yourself,
Lose yourself.
Escape from the black cloud
that surrounds you.
Then you will see your own light
as radiant as the full moon.

Now enter that silence.
This is the surest way
to lose yourself. . . .

What is your life about, anyway? — Nothing but a struggle to be someone,
Nothing but a running from your own silence.

Sometimes you have to destroy a part of your life to let the next big thing enter.