<?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[Conscious and unconscious experiences do not belong to different compartments of the mind; they form a continuous scale of gradations, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscious and unconscious experiences do not belong to different compartments of the mind; they form a continuous scale of gradations, of degrees of awareness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I grew up on a farm so I thought driving a fire truck would be like handling a grain truck. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29275]]></link><description><![CDATA[I grew up on a farm so I thought driving a fire truck would be like handling a grain truck. But the first time I was behind the wheel of a fire truck, I was awestruck by the responsibility. Sure you can run a stoplight, but you have to make sure the intersection is clear before you do. That's when I realized each level you reach in the fire department brings on new responsibility. And there are more people under your wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9284]]></link><description><![CDATA[The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a man bespake a think, Which when the owner home did bring,  He that made it did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60068]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a man bespake a think, Which when the owner home did bring,  He that made it did refuse it:   And he that brought it would not use it,    And he that hath it doth now know     Whether he hath it yea or no.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58011]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself. If this doesn't work, mention the neural synapses of embryonic pigeons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weakness of the current security services in dealing with such crimes ... led to all these explosions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weakness of the current security services in dealing with such crimes ... led to all these explosions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48633]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.  Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity. The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5697]]></link><description><![CDATA[No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got the first generation of significantly educated people. There's a black middle class like never before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36317]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got the first generation of significantly educated people. There's a black middle class like never before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1482]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure,  Sweet is pleasure after pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure,  Sweet is pleasure after pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. That's the only way I learn, the only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22311]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. That's the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impartially their talents scan, Just education forms the man.   - John Gay, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impartially their talents scan, Just education forms the man.   - John Gay,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Future shock [is] the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Future shock [is] the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast is the way we like it. Fort Lupton's young, but this is the closest anyone has come to us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fast is the way we like it. Fort Lupton's young, but this is the closest anyone has come to us in a dual this season. It's good to get Drake back; it gives us a good lower half. And the night went pretty much as I expected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had the guts to invite someone like this and put on a show. And to do it, it takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29938]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had the guts to invite someone like this and put on a show. And to do it, it takes the whole town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63802]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44434]]></link><description><![CDATA[In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the Manhattan gentleman so delightfully small in his greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher, What if a lovely and unsistered creature  Loved her own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher, What if a lovely and unsistered creature  Loved her own harmless gift of pleasing feature.   - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel my fingerprints will be in place on the city of Snellville for many years to come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33767]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel my fingerprints will be in place on the city of Snellville for many years to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kareem loved playing for the Bobcats and made returning to the team his top priority. There were some talks with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kareem loved playing for the Bobcats and made returning to the team his top priority. There were some talks with Denver and New Jersey, however all our real focus was on resigning with the Bobcats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some deep-pocketed guys who want to own newspapers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34326]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some deep-pocketed guys who want to own newspapers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish they would only take me as I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish they would only take me as I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls betweenourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22090]]></link><description><![CDATA[What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls betweenourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the distinctionsbetween flesh and spirit, to transcend the present limits of time andmatter, to find, at last, not wealth or power but the ecstasy (so longforgotten) of commonplace, unconditional being. For the atom's soul isnothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life ofevery woman or man-the heart of it-is pure and holy joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tolerance is another word for indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tolerance is another word for indifference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16557]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is ten, nine is the ability to escape ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is ten, nine is the ability to escape]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17034]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44642]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4957]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, will be such as have honoured many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, such as have planted their roots]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  But how shall we rest in God? By giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  But how shall we rest in God? By giving ourselves wholly to Him. If you give yourself by halves, you cannot find full rest -- there will ever be a lurking disquiet in that half which is withheld... All peace and happiness in this world depend upon unreserved self-oblation to God. If this be hearty and entire, the result will be an unfailing, ever-increasing happiness, which nothing can disturb. There is no real happiness in this life save that which is the result of a peaceful heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To satisfy the sharp desire I had Of tasting those fair apples, I resolv'd  Not to defer; hunger and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2946]]></link><description><![CDATA[To satisfy the sharp desire I had Of tasting those fair apples, I resolv'd  Not to defer; hunger and thirst at once   Powerful persuaders, quicken'd at the scent    Of that alluring fruit, urged me so keen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20041]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lehigh Valley economy in 2005 is a lot healthier than it has been in a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39399]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lehigh Valley economy in 2005 is a lot healthier than it has been in a long time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as I love beauty I am young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65116]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as I love beauty I am young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55730]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61344]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's concern and like vampires they suck our life's blood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain have you acquired knowledge if you have notimparted it to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21692]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain have you acquired knowledge if you have notimparted it to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great way to meet new friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37962]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great way to meet new friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37962</guid></item></channel></rss>