<?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[Union Carbide desecratedIndia withkiller insecticidesbrought to BhopalThey violated HinduismAll bugs are sacredto Ahimsa's Gopal***(the biggest industrial accident of all time.. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Union Carbide desecratedIndia withkiller insecticidesbrought to BhopalThey violated HinduismAll bugs are sacredto Ahimsa's Gopal***(the biggest industrial accident of all time.. involved several thousand deaths..as killer insecticide gas killed humans.. )Ahimsa nonviolenceGopal.. name for Krishna as protector of cows and all beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 22 states parents can’t take kids fishing and eat the fish if they’re lucky enough to catch anything because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20782]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 22 states parents can’t take kids fishing and eat the fish if they’re lucky enough to catch anything because of mercury. Think about that. In 44% of all river bodies and streams it’s not safe to fish or swim. And yet industrial polluters continue to block legislation that would prevent mercury and MTBE from polluting our water supplies and leaving children with debilitating diseases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--  Days of absence, I am weary;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--  Days of absence, I am weary;   She I love is far away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3302]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women need fair representation everywhere. Its not a matter of competition but of equality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women need fair representation everywhere. Its not a matter of competition but of equality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impatient may not always be wrong on issues, but they are almost always wrong in their attitudes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impatient may not always be wrong on issues, but they are almost always wrong in their attitudes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  I hear no one boast, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden characters. And tell me then, what profiteth this? The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet grievest not; art angry, yet serene; changest Thy works, Thy purpose unchanged; receivest again what Thou findest, yet didst never lose; never in need, yet rejoicing in gains; never covetous, yet exacting usury. Thou receivest over and above, that Thou mayest owe; and who hath aught that is not Thine? Thou payest debts, owing nothing; remittest debts, losing nothing. And that have I now said, my God, my life, my holy joy? or what saith any man when he speaks of Thee? Yet woe to him that speaketh not, since mute are even the most eloquent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I spoke to Jose Manuel last night and was happy to share this information with him. It is a great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30121]]></link><description><![CDATA[I spoke to Jose Manuel last night and was happy to share this information with him. It is a great tribute to the prime minister and to Portugal that colleagues have expressed such support for him and wish to see him accept this appointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22133]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25284]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20660]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62487]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can happen. What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7107]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that he is indeed our Master.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8967]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had to take one bus trip for eight hours. It was a nice bus, leather seats and all that. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28777]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had to take one bus trip for eight hours. It was a nice bus, leather seats and all that. But eight hours on a bus? That's crazy man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth... But amusing? Never.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has a campus atmosphere, where employees are able to bounce ideas off each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32787]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has a campus atmosphere, where employees are able to bounce ideas off each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favour. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favour. Andrea Ayvazian -Robert Frost (1874-1963).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48238]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first horror film I remember seeing in the theatre was Halloween and from the first scene when the kid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first horror film I remember seeing in the theatre was Halloween and from the first scene when the kid puts on the mask and it is his POV, I was hooked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Babylonish dialect Which learned pedants much affect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25120]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Babylonish dialect Which learned pedants much affect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chinese authorities indicated that they want to ratify the covenant as early as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41094]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chinese authorities indicated that they want to ratify the covenant as early as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its not its what your country can do for you what you could do for your country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its not its what your country can do for you what you could do for your country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1094]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silente man still suffers wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silente man still suffers wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36821]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you felling otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8744]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you felling otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20038]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45251]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ride the air In whirlwind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ride the air In whirlwind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This therefore is a certain truth, that hell and death, curse and misery, can never cease or be removed from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7364]]></link><description><![CDATA[This therefore is a certain truth, that hell and death, curse and misery, can never cease or be removed from the creation till the will of the creature is again as it came from God and is only a Spirit of Love that wills nothing but goodness. All the whole fallen creation, stand it never so long, must groan and travail in pain, till every contrariety to the divine will is entirely taken from every creature. Which is only saying, that all the powers and properties of nature are a misery to themselves, can only work in disquiet and wrath, till the birth of the Son of God brings them under the dominion and power of the Spirit of Love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three acres and a cow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three acres and a cow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fir-Tree and the BrambleA fir-tree said boastingly to the Bramble, You are useful for nothing at all; while I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1590]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fir-Tree and the BrambleA fir-tree said boastingly to the Bramble, You are useful for nothing at all; while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses. The Bramble answered: 'You poor creature, if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down, you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble, not a Fir-Tree. Better poverty without care, than riches with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how otherwise can so many heads agree together as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52451]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how otherwise can so many heads agree together as one? [Lat., Vox populi habet aliquid divinum: nam quomo do aliter tot capita in unum conspirare possint?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has learnt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has learnt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33887]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him laughing at things I didn't know the references to. There is an intimacy between Chicago writers and the population of this city that I find really wonderful. It's warm and it's welcoming. It's a little like going to a Baptist church. They know when to say 'Amen'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that I love loses half its pleasure if you are not there to share it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10938]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that I love loses half its pleasure if you are not there to share it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10938</guid></item></channel></rss>