<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith; and We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53809]]></link><description><![CDATA[But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith; and We make the communications clear for a people who know. (The Immunity 9.11)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The death of junk e-mail will come from a social reason, ... One of two things will happen: No one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The death of junk e-mail will come from a social reason, ... One of two things will happen: No one will check their e-mail boxes, or junkers will know no one is reading their e-mail. Either way, the message is not being delivered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65042]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of reward I have gained coming to that understanding -- that existence is a struggle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize,  Not all that glisters gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize,  Not all that glisters gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be could reserach, now would it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53140]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be could reserach, now would it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66031]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27629]]></link><description><![CDATA[The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poem is the point at which our strength gave out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46776]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35550]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all who look upon you shall be illumined by its reflection. Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling in the loftiness of their heavenly station. ]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this or that danger. The last and highest result of prayer is the knowledge of God -- the knowledge which is eternal life -- and by that knowledge, the transformation of human character, and of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes foreducation is not education at all but ritual. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22477]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes foreducation is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we arebeing educated when we know it least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49322]]></link><description><![CDATA[He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Sr. was a jerk, Quayle an idiot, Clinton was atrocious and disgusting, most of those who persecuted him were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bush Sr. was a jerk, Quayle an idiot, Clinton was atrocious and disgusting, most of those who persecuted him were hypocritical, Gore is shallow and weak, Bradley is an idealist, Bush Jr. a fool, and all of the independent candidates act like they're on drugs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240  If 'religion' is understood... as man's search for God on man's own terms, as his effort to make some kind of adjustment to the 'ground of being' on a level less radical than that of the self-forgetful commitment of faith, it clearly can become faith's greatest enemy, the last bastion of human pride to hold out against God. The experience of the Jews in relation to Jesus, and of the churches throughout the ages, demonstrates that this is the most persistent and far-reaching temptation which confronts men. To call attention to this is always an urgently necessary part of the prophetic ministry within the Church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have an exposition of sleep come upon me. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55528]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have an exposition of sleep come upon me. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28068]]></link><description><![CDATA[To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their goalie played extremely well. He played like he was standing on his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their goalie played extremely well. He played like he was standing on his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65625]]></link><description><![CDATA[A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I must lead all the beings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I must lead all the beings to nirvana, into that realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind'. What is this realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind ?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53995]]></link><description><![CDATA[The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on journeys, that such men are not content to remain continent, and that in a conventionally virtuous community they do not find respectable women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9816]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43733]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proud of Shelly for playing four years of softball. I'm going to nominate her for the North-South all-stars, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35396]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proud of Shelly for playing four years of softball. I'm going to nominate her for the North-South all-stars, because of her attitude and her intensity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had a clear idea about what I really wanted to see, based on our initial conversations, and they did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33323]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had a clear idea about what I really wanted to see, based on our initial conversations, and they did a great job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20435]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenny got hot early in the game and then started forcing things a little. But he really has become much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kenny got hot early in the game and then started forcing things a little. But he really has become much more of a complete player who brings the ball up, scores from the outside, drives to the basket and really has started to hit the boards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No better than you should be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48514]]></link><description><![CDATA[No better than you should be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64473]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the 1980s, the Indians were getting a lot of equipment for the gas centrifuge program from the same companies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32990]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the 1980s, the Indians were getting a lot of equipment for the gas centrifuge program from the same companies that were providing the same equipment to the Pakistanis. And some of the same people who have turned out to figure very prominently in the Khan network were involved in some of these sales to India,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O ye powers that search The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts,  If I have done amiss, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53810]]></link><description><![CDATA[O ye powers that search The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts,  If I have done amiss, impute it not!   The best may err, but you are good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absurdity of it gets played out in the day-to-day lives of Border Patrol agents. Everybody knows somebody [in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absurdity of it gets played out in the day-to-day lives of Border Patrol agents. Everybody knows somebody [in the U.S. illegally] who has some kind of relationship with a Border Patrol agent. Either someone in their family is married to one, or they're sleeping with one. People's lives are very complicated and intertwined and they're not very clear-cut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unix is the answer, but only if you phrase the question very carefully. Unix is user-friendly. It's just very selective ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unix is the answer, but only if you phrase the question very carefully. Unix is user-friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends are. Unix: It's not just 'User-Unfriendly', it's 'Proactively User-Hostile' !]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end must justify the means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end must justify the means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs Were twisted gracefu' round her brows,  I took her for some Scottish Muse,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs Were twisted gracefu' round her brows,  I took her for some Scottish Muse,   By that same token,    An' come to stop those reckless vows,     Would soon be broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion design isn't just art for art's sake. You must be able to take it to the consumer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion design isn't just art for art's sake. You must be able to take it to the consumer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real wealth is ideas plus energy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real wealth is ideas plus energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authority is quite degrading ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Authority is quite degrading]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fair face may make a foul bargain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50956]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fair face may make a foul bargain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very good news. A lot of larger institutions have already adopted this approach. At least for today, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33370]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very good news. A lot of larger institutions have already adopted this approach. At least for today, this is the best thing we can offer our patients.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're playing around eight or nine guys per game. We have no big numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35272]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're playing around eight or nine guys per game. We have no big numbers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14034</guid></item></channel></rss>