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.

Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.

Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.

I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God.

Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.