I was made a sinner by deriving my being from Adam; I am made just by being washed in the blood of Christ and not by Christ's 'words and example.'

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

I am just one human being.

I most certainly believe that it is the gift of God that I am what I am. And so I dwell amongst barbarians, a proselyte and an exile, for the love of God.

They may call me a sinner, but I am at peace with myself.

The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.