Patrick Quotes

“True poetry is born of scrutiny, Scrutiny, the son of meditation, Meditation, the son of lore, Lore, the son of inquiry, Inquiry, the son of investigation, Investigation, the son of knowledge, Knowledge, the son of understanding, Understanding, the son of wisdom, Wisdom, the son of Surrender to the Divine Will. The”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Patrick: An Epic Historical Novel - The Legendary Journey from Slave to Saint in Ancient Rome

“It is but one of the many follies of luxury which lead men to believe that plenty now is abundance always and fortune is everlasting. Pure folly.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Patrick: An Epic Historical Novel - The Legendary Journey from Slave to Saint in Ancient Rome

“I desperately wanted a chance to prove myself. Not because I cared a fart for druids. No. I had instead conceived a new plan for escape.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Patrick: An Epic Historical Novel - The Legendary Journey from Slave to Saint in Ancient Rome

“You should not mock what lies beyond your grasp.” He”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Patrick: An Epic Historical Novel - The Legendary Journey from Slave to Saint in Ancient Rome

“The only true source of infallible certainty is divine illumination.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Patrick: An Epic Historical Novel - The Legendary Journey from Slave to Saint in Ancient Rome

“It would be a great boon to know where we stand in this world, what is, what has been, what will be. And to know it absolutely.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Patrick: An Epic Historical Novel - The Legendary Journey from Slave to Saint in Ancient Rome

“Unlike the tedious priests of Mithras and Minerva—so careful, so exact, so smug in the enactment of their obscure rituals—old Potitus saw no need to weary heaven with ceaseless ceremony or meaningless repetition. “God knows the cry of our hearts,” he would say, “before it ever reaches our lips. So speak it out and have done with it. Then get about your business.” My”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Patrick: An Epic Historical Novel - The Legendary Journey from Slave to Saint in Ancient Rome