The enemy number one is ego.

If there is a boil on the body, you apply ointment on it and cover it with a bandage until it heals. If you do not apply ointment and tie the bandage around this wound, it is likely to become septic and cause great harm later. Now and then you must clean it with pure water, apply ointment again and put on a new bandage. In the same way, in our life, there is this boil which has come up in our body in the form of 'I'. If you want to really cure this boil of 'I', you will have to wash it every day with the waters of love, apply the ointment of faith on it and tie the bandage of humility around it. The bandage of humility, the ointment of faith, and the waters of love will surely cure this disease that erupted with this boil of 'I’.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba