Shaykh Ahmad ar-Rifa'i (ra) ...

Gentlemen! Beware of looking to the satisfaction of your soul! Beware of self-deception! Similarly, beware of false pride! All of those things are ruinous. One who belittles others while exalting himself has never attained nearness to God. Just who are you and I? My Brother! You and I are lowly wretchedness whose beginning is an indistinguishable lump of flesh, whose end is a corpse.