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“You have read for years, and where has it got you? Your head is filled with masses of ideas and concepts, and you yearn for experience that others on the path have had. Before your true nature is understood all those ideas and concepts must melt away. No books — the only book is the manuscript of nature, the lesson is life itself. Live passionately! Who said that this path should be so serious that there is no joy in it? This is the most exciting adventure possible, and it should be enjoyed. — Hamid”
Source: The Last Barrier: A Journey Into the Essence of Sufi Teachings
“You have read in the text where They love him
blends with He loves them.
Those joining loves
are both qualities of God. Fear is not.
What characteristics do God and human beings
have in common? What is the connection between
what lives in time and what lives in eternity?
If I kept talking about love,
a hundred new combinings would happen,
and still I would not say the mystery.”
Source: The Essential Rumi
“You have read very good books, I am sure; there is an excellent book however, that never grows old; it is the one that God has written on every plant, on every grain of sand, in yourself; it is the book of Divine love. Give, therefore, your preference to that beautiful book and add to it a few pages of admiration and gratefulness. Read and understand all other books in the light of this one.”
“You have really hard times and you have really good years and you have years that you can't feed your family and you have to sell cars. I gotta tell you, stealing cars is a hell of a lot more fun than selling them!”
“You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.”
Source: Jonathan Edwards in the Pulpit: Famous Sermons
“You have received a mandate not given by man, but given and empowered by God, to bring justice to the people and godliness on the earth.”
Source: The Mountain of Ignorance
“You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was.”
“You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don't think are really going to do much end up having a career. I don't think anyone really knows what it is that drives somebody to get on their computer and want to download a song.”
“You have resources yet to be unleashed. Make bold, courageous choices. Live as though you have the power to change the world - because you do.”
“You have respect and reverence for your characters and the fact that you're going to epitomize that person for the rest of their lives. They're going to be judged based on your performance by millions of people. You have a certain responsibility.”
“You have responsibilities and if you want to be the best in your industry you need to have a relentless dedication to your job. I was fortunate to have support from my parents and sister growing up and that helped me a lot.”
“You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?”
“You have right to be angry, insult and slap. But later you have to forgive.”
“You have risen with all power in Your hands. You have given me a second chance. Hallelujah, hallelujah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I’m not going back, I’m moving ahead. Here to declare to You my past is over in You. All things are made new, surrendered my life to Christ. I’m moving, moving forward.”
“You have robbed me, and everyone here, of their purpose. That's not salvation, that's damnation.”
Source: UnWholly
“You have ruthlessness in your bones and ice in your heart, Clarissa. Don't tell me any differently.”
Source: City of Lost Souls
“You have sacrificed justice to mercy. You have sacrificed independence to unity. You have sacrificed reason to faith. You have sacrificed wealth to need. You have sacrificed self-esteem to self-denial. You have sacrificed happiness to duty.”
Source: Atlas Shrugged
“You have sacrified so much. And our Clan walks a safer path now. With this life, I give you pride, so that you may know your own worth and the worth of your Clan. Thank you for raising Whitestorm. You were chosen long ago, and StarClan has never regretted its choice.”
“You have safety and soundness as primary purpose of the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the other agencies which control banking regulation.”
“You have said that if I declared my innocence you would believe me,” she exclaimed, lifting her head as I entered. “See here,” and laying her cheek against the pallid brow of her dead benefactor, she kissed the clay-cold lips softly, wildly, agonisedly, then, leaping to her feet, cried, in a subdued but thrilling tone: “Could I do that if I were guilty? Would not the breath freeze on my lips, the blood congeal in my veins, and my heart faint at this contact?”
Source: The Leavenworth Case
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”
“You have savings?" she was astonished.
As a woman who lived on the very extreme edges of her budget, whose credit card bills were a source of monthly concern, the idea of savings was just so alien. But then this was Ed, a different kind of person altogether.
"Why do I know nothing about your savings?" she'd asked.
"I wonder!" he'd answered with a smile. "Maybe because I don't want my savings to be translated into "really great investments" like Miu Miu shoes or Hermès handbags.”
Source: How Not To Shop
“You have scarred me for a lifetime, Even the angels won’t take me without your permission. I’m your leftover they say, And I’m all yours to keep…”
Source: Narcissistic Romanticism
“You have seen after Katrina just what failures there are in American Society.”
“You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.”
“You have seen me at my worst and at my weakest. Let me show you my best.”
Source: Eona
“You have seen me fall; now see me rise.”
Source: The Gods Are Not Dead
“You have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.”
“You have seen that the universe is at root a magical illusion and a fabulous game, and that there is no separate "you" to get something out of it, as if life were a bank to be robbed. The only real "you" is the one that comes and goes, manifests and withdraws itself eternally in and as every conscious being. For "you" is the universe looking at itself from billions of points of view, points that come and go so that the vision is forever new.”
“You have sensible women here [in England] but then, they are very devils--censorious, uncharitable, sarcastic--the women in Scotland have twice--thrice their freedom, with all their virtue--and are very conversable and agreeable--their educations are more finished.”
“You have set standards for how you want to be treated and what you expect from yourself and for yourself.”
Source: In The Meantime: Finding Yourself And The Love You Want
“You have set up in New York Harbor a monstrous idol which you call Liberty. The only thing that remains to complete that monument is to put on its pedestal the inscription written by Dante on the gate of hell: All hope abandon ye who enter here.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.”
“You have seven writers in your basement?”
Donald nods, signing, “They like it here. There’s a poet, a couple of novelists, an opera librettist, an essay writer . . . . They don’t usually make much trouble.”
Source: Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices
“You have sexual tendencies that are not normal, and you should be ashamed of them.”
Source: You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day
“You have shown true valor. Any man can fight in battle, but it takes a man of true courage to expose his heart. " - The Father”
Source: Tower of Nirvana (The Trinity Trials
“You have sinned with women?” Girolamo asks, gently. “No, with men,” he says.”
Source: Lent
“You have six math Ph.D. Caucasian gentlemen from the Northeast of the country, great. You put one more in the mix, you haven't added much. It's only when you add something different that you really are able to accomplish more.”
“You have slept millions and millions of years.
Why not wake up this morning?”
“You have so little faith in yourself because you are unwilling to accept the fact that perfect love is in you, and so you seek without for what you cannot find within.”
“You have so many capabilities & potential. Start celebrating the life God has given you!”
“You have so many layers, that you can peel away a few, and everyone's so shocked or impressed that you're baring your soul, while to you it's nothing, because you know you've twenty more layers to go.”
“You have so many miles and so many years to reach the stars; if you ignore this, you can reach over there!”
“You have so many sources to draw on when you're a fantasy writer.”
“You have so much going on. It comes off like a..." "Static?" I suggested. "Exactly!" He snapped his fingers and pointed at me. "You need to tune it, get your frequencies in check, like a radio." "I would love to.Just tell me how." "It's not a matter of turning a dial. You have no on or off switch." He walked around in a large lazy circle. "It's something you have to practice. It's more like being potty-trained. You have to learn when to hold it and when to release." "That's a pretty sexy analogy," I said.”
Source: Trylle: The Complete Trilogy
“You have so much hope and so much passion, Gus. You believe you can set things right, even when the odds are insurmountable.’
‘Naive,’ I said bitterly.
‘No,’ he said with some force. ‘Hope is essential. Without hope, we do not seek a way out of impossible situations. Your hope is your strength. And it is one of the many, many reasons why I love you, my darling Renegade.”
Source: The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin
“You have so much inside you, and the noblest happiness of all. Don’t just wait for a man to come along. That’s the mistake so many women make. Find your happiness in yourself.”
Source: Happy Death
“You have so much pain inside yourself that you try & hurt yourself on the outside because you want help.”
“You have so much power to bring awareness, prevention and change.”
“You have so much to learn from your enemies.”
Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose