If you are to fight, fight against your own desires.
— Jain proverb
In this aphorism, Jainism draws attention to where the real human struggle is to be found. In this, there is a parallel with the Sufi teaching that the real jihad is within, a struggle with ourselves against our own attitudes, blocks and resistance to love, compassion, and kindness.
— Wayne Teasdale, The Mystic Hours