Hidden saints

They say it's enough to have thirty six saints in the world,
Thirty six little saints
So that life can go on.
I think he was one of them.
He used to say:
We are too old to wait for Messiah.
We always had a land of our own,
A piece of land under our blouse. Always.

Background: the thirty six hidden saints if the Jewish tradition for whose sake the world goes on. The belief that Messiah will bring back the Jews to their land: Israel.