Let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. I am not keeping silent, nor am I hiding the signs and wonders that were shown to me by the Lord many years before they happened, who knew everything, even before the beginning of time.
Saint PatrickRead
The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the supremacy of a higher power over all things and suggests that divine understanding transcends human comprehension.
Saint Patrick's quote reflects the belief in the omnipotence and preeminence of God in comparison to the struggles and complexities of human existence. By stating 'The Lord is greater than all,' the author implies that no matter the challenges faced, the divine is all-encompassing and ultimately superior, conveying a sense of peace and acceptance in faith.
Themes
GodFaithSupremacyDivineUnderstanding
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon discussing faith during difficult times.
More from Saint Patrick
All quotes βI see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worthy nor such a one as that he should grant this to me, since I know most surely that poverty and affliction become me better than delights and riches.
Saint PatrickRead
He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.
Saint PatrickRead
I partly know why I have not led a perfect life like other believers. But I avow to my Lord, and I do not lie, that from the time when I first knew him, the love of God and the fear of him has grown in me from my youth so that I have, by the power of God, always till now kept the faith.
Saint PatrickRead
I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me.
Saint PatrickRead
The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.
Saint PatrickRead
Similar quotes
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
St. JeromeRead
In the fullness of time, educated people will believe there is no soul independent of the body, and hence no life after death.
Francis CrickRead
It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
Oscar WildeRead
I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. I think all theories are suspect, that the finest principles may have to be modified, or may even be pulverized by the demands of life, and that one must find, therefore, one's own moral center and move through the world hoping that this center will guide one aright.
James A. BaldwinRead
Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.
Erich Maria RemarqueRead
In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn't perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.
Chinua AchebeRead