The Twelve
One line from each book. If the Meditations had to fit on a single page, it might be this one.
- One
He gave the impression of a man who had always been straight, not one who had been straightened out.
Book One , entry fifteen - Two
We were built to pull with each other, not against each other.
Book Two , entry one - Three
You must stand upright — not be held upright.
Book Three , entry five - Four
Do not live as if you had ten thousand years. The debt hangs over you. While you are alive — while you still can — become good.
Book Four , entry seventeen - Five
Your thinking will take the shape of what you picture most often, because the soul is dyed by its impressions.
Book Five , entry sixteen - Six
The best revenge is to be nothing like the man who did you wrong.
Book Six , entry six - Seven
Dig inside yourself. Inside you is the spring of good, and it can flow forever, if you never stop digging.
Book Seven , entry fifty-nine - Eight
Human beings exist for one another. So either teach them, or carry them.
Book Eight , entry fifty-nine - Nine
The man who does wrong does wrong to himself.
Book Nine , entry four - Ten
Enough talk about what a good man is like. Be one.
Book Ten , entry sixteen - Eleven
No one can rob the part of you that chooses.
Book Eleven , entry thirty-six - Twelve
So walk off gracious. The one who releases you is gracious too.
Book Twelve , entry thirty-six
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