"I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart that 'all that I am,' I have received from God. So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God."

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Source : "Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus". Translated by John Skinner, www.ancienttexts.org.

Saint Patrick

#Heart Quotes #Tribes Quotes #Bishops Quotes

“Have you ever been - well, I mean, have you ever - really wanted someone? Wanted them like water in the desert - even when you knew all their faults, every single one - and it didn't matter ?”

Source : Kate Quinn (2010). “Mistress of Rome”, p.169, Penguin
“Appearing in 'Legally Blonde' has helped me find my inner girl, although at the beginning the director was constantly telling me off for sitting like a boy, with my legs apart, while wearing a cocktail dress and heels!”
“Man is the measure of all things.”
“Of compelling consideration is the fact that words acquire scope and function from the history of events which they summarize.”
“It is simply unthinkable that we will ever again send overseas a great expeditionary force of armed men.”
“If any of you are secret poets, the best way to break into print is to run for the presidency,”
“I think there's an anxiety in life where we automatically tend to look to the next thing or we're complaining about the past. Worrying is not going to make it happen or not happen”
“There's no question that there's been a breach in the trust between urban - especially urban community, African-American and minority communities and the police in major American cities.”

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