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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24759]]></link><description><![CDATA[If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we propose to ignore in a great man's teaching those doctrines which it has in common with the thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8518]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we propose to ignore in a great man's teaching those doctrines which it has in common with the thought of his age, we seem to be assuming that the thought of his age was erroneous. When we select for serious consideration those doctrines which "transcend" the thought of his own age and are "for all time", we are assuming that the thought of our age is correct: for of course by thoughts which transcend the great man's age we really mean thoughts that agree with ours. Thus I value Shakespeare's picture of the transformation in old Lear more than I value his views about the divine right of kings, because I agree with Shakespeare that a man can be purified by suffering like Lear, but do not believe that kings (or any other rulers) have divine right in the sense required. When the great man's views do not seem to us erroneous we do not value them the less for having been shared with his contemporaries. Shakespeare's disdain for treachery and Christ's blessing on the poor were not alien to the outlook of their respective periods; but no one wishes to discredit them on that account.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. [Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. [Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom Genie gefordert wird, ist Wahreits-Liebe.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some who, because the point is the limit and extreme of the line, the line of the plane, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17379]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some who, because the point is the limit and extreme of the line, the line of the plane, and the plane of the solid, think there must be real things of this sort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner: Honest water, which ne'er left man i' th' mire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner: Honest water, which ne'er left man i' th' mire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really important for us to come out of the locker room with a lot of intensity. And those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31298]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really important for us to come out of the locker room with a lot of intensity. And those quick shots we made right out of the locker room were really big for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the greatest of all religions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the greatest of all religions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9733]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to make money they don't want to buy things they don't need to impress people they dislike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun- illuminated universe? Why should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun- illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bright flowers, whose home is everywhere Bold in maternal nature's care  And all the long year through the heir ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bright flowers, whose home is everywhere Bold in maternal nature's care  And all the long year through the heir   Of joy and sorrow,    Methinks that there abides in thee     Some concord with humanity,      Given to no other flower I see       The forest through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of thereflections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of thereflections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16428]]></link><description><![CDATA[While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and notyour god. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and notyour god.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43601]]></link><description><![CDATA[A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's this that myrrh doth still smell in thy kiss, And that with thee no other odour is?  'Tis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14065]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's this that myrrh doth still smell in thy kiss, And that with thee no other odour is?  'Tis doubt, my Postumus, he that doth smell   So sweetly always, smells not very well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We take our hats off to them. Hey, you take it like a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39666]]></link><description><![CDATA[We take our hats off to them. Hey, you take it like a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of Paul's most important teachings... is the doctrine of what we call "justification by faith". It frequently appears to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7609]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of Paul's most important teachings... is the doctrine of what we call "justification by faith". It frequently appears to the non-Christian mind that this is an immoral or at least unmoral doctrine. Paul appears to be saying that a man is justified before God, not by his goodness or badness, not by his good deeds or bad deeds, but by believing in a certain doctrine of Atonement. Of course, when we come to examine the matter more closely, we can see that there is nothing unmoral in this teaching at all. For if "faith" means using a God-given faculty to apprehend the unseen divine order, and means, moreover, involving oneself in that order by personal commitment, we can at once see how different that is from merely accepting a certain view of Christian redemption... That which man in every religion, every century, every country, was powerless to affect, God has achieved by the devastating humility of His action and suffering in Jesus Christ. Now, accepting such an action as a fait accompli is only possible by this perceptive faculty of "faith". It requires not merely intellectual assent but a shifting of personal trust from the achievements of the self to the completely undeserved action of God. To accept this teaching by mind and heart does, indeed, require a metanoia ["transformation"], a revolution in the outlook of both heart and mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best of all, I only missed one spare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Best of all, I only missed one spare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,  Our faith triumphant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,  Our faith triumphant o'er our fears,   Are all with thee,--are all with thee!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64359]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus' Fig Tree He did belittle you.. but soon he'll bebig you.. and in the springwith blooms he will wig ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus' Fig Tree He did belittle you.. but soon he'll bebig you.. and in the springwith blooms he will wig you.. in summer he'll summon a jade garbto resprig you.. and in the fallon patient twigswith fresh fruit he'll refig you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theory: A kite can be flown in an absolute vacuum if it can be towed at the speed of light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theory: A kite can be flown in an absolute vacuum if it can be towed at the speed of light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can really make jelly out of anything if you have enough sugar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39273]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can really make jelly out of anything if you have enough sugar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most peaceable way for you if you do take a thief, is to let him show himself what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most peaceable way for you if you do take a thief, is to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/844]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57574]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45687]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46207]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . . it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair . . . in short, the period was so far like the present period . . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have been very aggressive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30802]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have been very aggressive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58119]]></link><description><![CDATA[For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those two stood up and said they didn't want to do that again, and the rest of the kids are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those two stood up and said they didn't want to do that again, and the rest of the kids are saying they train with them, why can't they go to state, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's notexcellent, it won't be profitable or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21431]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's notexcellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in businessfor fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws,  And welcomes little fishes in   With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16060]]></link><description><![CDATA[How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws,  And welcomes little fishes in   With gently smiling jaws!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're not adults. They're kids. There's a lot of reasons why Connecticut shouldn't be so far behind the rest of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28203]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're not adults. They're kids. There's a lot of reasons why Connecticut shouldn't be so far behind the rest of the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls,  Who, never looking forward, are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls,  Who, never looking forward, are indeed   Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age    Are petrified forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27000]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11788]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66683]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;  We cannot heal the throbbing heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;  We cannot heal the throbbing heart   Will we discern the wounds within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56380</guid></item></channel></rss>