Creation Quote by Paramahansa Yogananda

If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.

— Mahmoud Darwish

Olive oil is the cornerstone of Mediterranean cuisine. This tree is the thread from which the tapestry of the Med has been woven.

— Carol Drinkwater

Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Olive trees are intimate creatures, eloquent in their twistedness. It's easy to understand why the ancients believed human spirits could be trapped inside them.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Olives are crushed to make the best oils. Grapes are squeezed to make the most fine wines. Roses are pressed to make the most…

— Lisa

The olive tree is a tree full of health. It is a symbol of eternity. Of all things, it has peace attached to it.

— Carol Drinkwater

Sometimes, like now, Olive had a sense of just how desperately hard every person in the world was working to get what they needed.…

— Elizabeth Strout

Under the olive trees, from the ground Grows this flower, which is a wound. It is easier to ignore Than the heroes' sunset fire…

— Stephen Spender

The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!

— Francois Rabelais

“But as the engrafted wild olive does not certainly lose the substance of its wood, but changes the quality of its fruit, and receives…

— The Church Fathers

Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

— Anonymous