Imām Aḥmad b. Ḥarb said:
I worshipped Allāh for fifty years but I did not taste the sweeteness of that worship until I abandoned three things
1. I abandoned trying to please people which allowed me to speak the truth
2. I abandoned associating with the transgressors which allowed me to mix with the righteous
3. I abandoned the sweetness of this world which allowed me to taste the sweetness of the Hereafter
(Dhahabī, Siyar 11:34)

Shaikh Sajid Umar