Status Updates From Uma Vida Com Propósito

"O domínio dos seus iguais através da força é a coroa do egoísmo, mas o domínio do ego pelo autocontrolo é a coroa da humildade."

"(.)esta lei da compensação é a lei do sacrifício. Para a obtenção da pureza, é preciso sacrificar o prazer egoísta; para conseguir o amor, há que largar o ódio; para abraçar a virtude, tem de se renunciar ao vício."

"É precisa uma coragem maior (.) para manter a calma na hora da privação e da calamidade do que a necessária no calor da batalha; para dominar o eu do que para vencer o outro. E esta coragem mais divina é a companheira da fé."

More quotes:

"And buy this a man may know that his thoughts are in accordance with the Truth - that there is no more bitterness in his heart, that malice has departed from him; that he loves where he formerly condemned."

"The mind of the calm man is like the surface of a still lake; it reflects life and the things of life truly."

"He who has succeeded in governing the within is best equipped to govern the without.

"It is a little understood that the man who cannot command himself under the severest external stress is unfit to guide others or to control affairs."

"A man must be honest, upright, sincere. Deceit is the blindest folly."

"Let a man attend to his own business, ,concentrating all his energies upon the perfect accomplishment of the task of his life, not stepping aside to condemn or interfere with the duties of others, and he will find life simple, strong and happy"

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Here are some good quotes from the 2nd quarter of the book.
"There is no disorder in his life but that which he creates.

"They who have no faith in the triumph of good succumb to the elements of evil. He who does not elevate good, elevates evil, and, seeing evil as the master of life, he receives the wages of evil.

"For where faith is there is courage, there is fortitude, steadfastness and strength.