We are our most ignorant guides, worst enemies and greatest harm

two thought provoking quotes from Junaid Baghdadi(R.A.) which clearly shows we are our most ignorant guides, worst enemies and greatest harm.

"know that you are veiled from yourself by yourself" Junaid Baghdadi(R.A.)

"i am the most harmful of things to myself" Junaid Baghdadi(R.A.)

from Early Islamic Mysticism: sufi, quran, mi'raj, poetic and theological writings: