<?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[Dreaming only makes reality seem worse! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; in the hour of need He was forsaken by acquaintances and left by friends to the depths of scorn. He was willing to suffer and to be despised; do you dare to complain of anything? He had enemies and defamers; do you want everyone to be your friend, your benefactor? How can your patience be rewarded if no adversity tests it? How can you be a friend of Christ if you are not willing to suffer any hardship? Suffer with Christ and for Christ if you wish to reign with Him.  Had you but once entered into perfect communion with Jesus or tasted a little of His ardent love, you would care nothing at all for your own comfort or discomfort but would rejoice in the reproach you suffer; for love of Him makes a man despise himself.  ... Thomas à Kempis, Of the Imitation of Christ May 11, 2000 Concluding a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus' good news, then, was that the Kingdom of God had come, and that he, Jesus, was its herald and expounder to men. More than that, in some special and mysterious was, he was the kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14293]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of one book. [Lat., Homo unius libri.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4527]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of one book. [Lat., Homo unius libri.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50153]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not reckoned a religious bird   Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And wer't not madness then To make the fox surveyor of the fold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51312]]></link><description><![CDATA[And wer't not madness then To make the fox surveyor of the fold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God made the country, and man made the town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8764]]></link><description><![CDATA[God made the country, and man made the town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40473]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty and War have no excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty and War have no excuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatigue is the best pillow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fatigue is the best pillow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Unknown Friends are the siblings, God never gave us. -Mencius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Unknown Friends are the siblings, God never gave us. -Mencius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There cannot be two kinds of medicine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41458]]></link><description><![CDATA[There cannot be two kinds of medicine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always been a dream of mine to be involved in the America's Cup. I remember when I was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29994]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always been a dream of mine to be involved in the America's Cup. I remember when I was a kid sailing Optimists down in Cornwall and there was a British America's Cup challenge that was training in Falmouth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had to abandon as there has been no significant improvement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37071]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had to abandon as there has been no significant improvement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3249]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That from small fires comes oft no small mishap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54049]]></link><description><![CDATA[That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're counting on Jake a lot, but there are a whole lot of other factors and a lot of kids ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31967]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're counting on Jake a lot, but there are a whole lot of other factors and a lot of kids we need to step up. I know there are more than a few kids we have who have been waiting around for an opportunity, and this year will provide that opportunity. How they respond will be very key in how this season turns out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cisco has been slow to adopt SIP. It has become clear to them, though, that SIP is becoming standard in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cisco has been slow to adopt SIP. It has become clear to them, though, that SIP is becoming standard in the industry. If Cisco wants to go after the small end of this market, in particular, it realizes it has to move forward with this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no accidents without intentions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/309]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no accidents without intentions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A completely different type of audience. They really like traditional bluegrass music over there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38384]]></link><description><![CDATA[A completely different type of audience. They really like traditional bluegrass music over there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38384</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[Superman don't need no seat belt. [Comment to flight attendant, who replied, 'Superman don't need no airplane, either.'] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superman don't need no seat belt. [Comment to flight attendant, who replied, 'Superman don't need no airplane, either.']]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See, how the stream has overflowed Its banks, and o'er the meadow road  Is spreading far and wide! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4923]]></link><description><![CDATA[See, how the stream has overflowed Its banks, and o'er the meadow road  Is spreading far and wide!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never had a sore arm or sore leg in my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34356]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never had a sore arm or sore leg in my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64001]]></link><description><![CDATA[In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20117</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[Karma has written on George Bush's face.It has sculpted trixoypurine uric acid lines in his browlike music scales with no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Karma has written on George Bush's face.It has sculpted trixoypurine uric acid lines in his browlike music scales with no notesIt has painted his face the red of cholesterol blockageIt has constricted his right eye.. Time has sculpted Dick Cheney's face.His lip curls with contempt for others.His eyes evade the searchlight of truth.We pray that God give them and all beings mercy.. as God nowremoves them from an office through which they harm hundreds of millions of other beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion is no substitute for justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion is no substitute for justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the earthly robe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53345]]></link><description><![CDATA[We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the earthly robe we loved so much was there. The pure, tender, loving spirit which loved us so tenderly, is above us -- loving us, praying for us, and free from all suffering and woe -- yes, that is a comfort, and that first birthday in another world must have been a far brighter one than any in this poor world below!.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christianity is a battle, not a dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christianity is a battle, not a dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your views on the world and your intellect are being challengedand you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22397]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your views on the world and your intellect are being challengedand you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you'vedetected that is threatening your current model of the world or someaspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. Thisdiscomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44423]]></link><description><![CDATA[One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25704]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts. -Buddha. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55077]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts. -Buddha.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime oft recoils upon the author's head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agitation is that part of our intellectual life where vitality results; there ideas are born, breed and bring forth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agitation is that part of our intellectual life where vitality results; there ideas are born, breed and bring forth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A reduction in green fees has helped, and when the weather is good, it's also a factor. There have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39890]]></link><description><![CDATA[A reduction in green fees has helped, and when the weather is good, it's also a factor. There have been times when the weather hasn't been the greatest, and we feel it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52013]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art for art's sake. [Lat., Ars gratia artis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art for art's sake. [Lat., Ars gratia artis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47162]]></link><description><![CDATA[When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement of the human condition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust is like a vase.. once it's broken, though you can fix it the vase will never be same again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust is like a vase.. once it's broken, though you can fix it the vase will never be same again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no retracing our steps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50363]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no retracing our steps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DepLeted uranium is a warcrimein progress.Doug Rokkeappointed by Norman Schwarzkopf ascommander of a cleanup crew of several hundred,30 of whom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61167]]></link><description><![CDATA[DepLeted uranium is a warcrimein progress.Doug Rokkeappointed by Norman Schwarzkopf ascommander of a cleanup crew of several hundred,30 of whom have died of cancerhttp://indymedia.org.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61167</guid></item></channel></rss>