<?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[Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,  Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8938]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,  Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat   Awake the god of the day, and at his warning,    Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,     Th' extravagant and erring spirit hies      To his confine; and of the truth herein       This present object made probation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46568]]></link><description><![CDATA[The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen. [Lat., Illa dolet vere qui sine teste dolet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18337]]></link><description><![CDATA[She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen. [Lat., Illa dolet vere qui sine teste dolet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist  [Eternal life is] naught else than that blessed regard wherewith Thou never ceasest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist  [Eternal life is] naught else than that blessed regard wherewith Thou never ceasest to behold me, yea, even the secret places of my soul. With Thee, to behold is to give life: It is unceasingly to impart sweetest love of Thee; 'tis to inflame me to love of Thee by love's imparting, and to feed me by inflaming, and by feeding to kindle my yearning, and by kindling to make me drink of the dew of gladness, and by drinking to infuse in me a fountain of life, and by infusing to make it increase and endure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56896]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is just like the story of Al Capone. In the end he will be caught on tax evasion, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36765]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is just like the story of Al Capone. In the end he will be caught on tax evasion, and not because of the worst crimes he committed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on thespiritual side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21132]]></link><description><![CDATA[The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on thespiritual side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62215]]></link><description><![CDATA[To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27738]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you."   - Iphicrates, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2495]]></link><description><![CDATA["My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you."   - Iphicrates,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to play than do nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46674]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to play than do nothing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one word in America that says it all, and that word is, 'You never know.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57668]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one word in America that says it all, and that word is, 'You never know.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselvesagainst the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21945]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselvesagainst the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25101]]></link><description><![CDATA[To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love a ballad but even too well if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love a ballad but even too well if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant thing indeed and sung lamentably.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child of those tears. [Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58782]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child of those tears. [Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The groves were God's first temple. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave,  And spread ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59672]]></link><description><![CDATA[The groves were God's first temple. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave,  And spread the roof above them,--ere he framed   The lofty vault, to gather and roll back    The sound of anthems; in the darkling wood,     Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down      And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks       And supplication.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a woman ceases to alter the fashion of her hair, you guess that she has passed the crisis of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42083]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a woman ceases to alter the fashion of her hair, you guess that she has passed the crisis of her experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why can't all different types of women be considered beautiful? Why can't we can't we all be considered possible love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why can't all different types of women be considered beautiful? Why can't we can't we all be considered possible love interests?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you love me because I'm beautiful or am I beautiful because you love me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you love me because I'm beautiful or am I beautiful because you love me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise. [Fr., Le silence est l'esprit des ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise. [Fr., Le silence est l'esprit des sots, et l'une des vertus du sage.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This yoga is not possible, for the one who eats too much, or who does not eat at all; who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62517]]></link><description><![CDATA[This yoga is not possible, for the one who eats too much, or who does not eat at all; who sleeps too much, or who keeps awake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since 1994, any herbal remedy sold as a dietary supplement -- no matter what their real purpose -- the FDA ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since 1994, any herbal remedy sold as a dietary supplement -- no matter what their real purpose -- the FDA has no authority over them,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that stand high have many blasts to shake them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51511]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. -Buddha.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind. [Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind. [Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an insult to be just a great cover guy. I really think Deion Sanders set defensive-back play back. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34087]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an insult to be just a great cover guy. I really think Deion Sanders set defensive-back play back. All he would do is cover people and not strike anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27149]]></link><description><![CDATA[The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best is the cheapest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52672]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best is the cheapest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the purpose of categorical algebra is to show that which is trivial, is trivially trivial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the purpose of categorical algebra is to show that which is trivial, is trivially trivial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,  Hath put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2992]]></link><description><![CDATA[From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,  Hath put a spirit of youth in everything,   That heavy Saturn laughed and leapt with him;    Yet nor the lays of birds, not the sweet smell     Of different flowers in odor and in hue,      Could make me any summer's story tell,       Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew:        Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,         Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose;          They were but sweet, but figures of delight,           Drawn after you, you pattern of all those.            Yet seemed it winter still, and you away,             As with your shadow I with these did play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our neighborhood is so drenched in pain and blood. It's the business of the church to try to offer understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our neighborhood is so drenched in pain and blood. It's the business of the church to try to offer understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past is where you learned the lesson... the future is where u apply the lesson. Don't give up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62855]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past is where you learned the lesson... the future is where u apply the lesson. Don't give up in the middle!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27375]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize I'm going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17044]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize I'm going to miss mine by just a few days]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steve told us about the LCCC gig and wondered if we'd be interested, and we jumped at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steve told us about the LCCC gig and wondered if we'd be interested, and we jumped at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Make deeds ill done! -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55801]]></link><description><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Make deeds ill done! -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59102]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59102</guid></item></channel></rss>