“As the oil is in the olive, so is the teshuvah, repentance, hidden within sin.”
Source: For The Sake of Heaven (1945), p. 44
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Martin Buber58
German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian 1878–1965Related quotes
“No sin is unforgivable except the sin that is not repented of.”
Sophrony (Sakharov) (1896–1993) Russian monk, theologian and writer
Source: Saint Silouan the Athonite (1991), p. 83
“If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.”
Mahmoud Darwich (1941–2008) Palestinian writer
Thomas Watson (1616–1686) English nonconformist preacher and author
The Doctrine of Repentance (1668)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) Russian author
Book II, ch. 3 (trans. Constance Garnett)
The Elder Zossima, speaking to a devout widow afraid of death
The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
Variant: We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.
