<?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[Whether drugs lead to illumination or degradation depends on the spirit in which one takes them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether drugs lead to illumination or degradation depends on the spirit in which one takes them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After seven years of marriage, I'm sure of two things -- first, never wallpaper together, and second, you'll need two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43580]]></link><description><![CDATA[After seven years of marriage, I'm sure of two things -- first, never wallpaper together, and second, you'll need two bathrooms . . . both for her. The rest is a mystery, but a mystery I love to be involved in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity is the blessing of the New. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity is the blessing of the New.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5305]]></link><description><![CDATA[If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noise is greater then the nuts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49899]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noise is greater then the nuts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They came out to play ball and go up 21-zip after that punter fumbles that ball. It's tough to dig ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31715]]></link><description><![CDATA[They came out to play ball and go up 21-zip after that punter fumbles that ball. It's tough to dig out of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15260]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internalization. This occurs when you've exploited impact, when you'vemolded the standard material to your needs and made it yours, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Internalization. This occurs when you've exploited impact, when you'vemolded the standard material to your needs and made it yours, when you'vemade your new skills strong through hard use. All of a sudden these newconcepts stopped churning within you, and a new reality is born: You andthe concepts are one. They have literally become you. You have becomethem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21986</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[Health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of: a blessing that money cannot buy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of: a blessing that money cannot buy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12916]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a disaster ready to happen again, ... Why is HBO doing this? Is money so important, or are these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30308]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a disaster ready to happen again, ... Why is HBO doing this? Is money so important, or are these guys who are the big names so important?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65497]]></link><description><![CDATA[All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All complaine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49098]]></link><description><![CDATA[All complaine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To buy deare is not bounty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50001]]></link><description><![CDATA[To buy deare is not bounty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything can be discussed at the negotiating table. We have no red lines on anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything can be discussed at the negotiating table. We have no red lines on anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is when two people know everything about eachother and are still friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is when two people know everything about eachother and are still friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying is a part of failing. If you are afraid to fail then you're afraid to try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying is a part of failing. If you are afraid to fail then you're afraid to try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66421]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why was I born with such contemporaries? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why was I born with such contemporaries?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60896]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10449]]></link><description><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious queen of childish joys,  Who lead'st along, in airy dance,   Thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious queen of childish joys,  Who lead'st along, in airy dance,   Thy votive train of girls and boys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as I have fat turtle-doves, a fig of your lettuce, my friend, and you may keep your shell-fish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13232]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as I have fat turtle-doves, a fig of your lettuce, my friend, and you may keep your shell-fish to yourself. I have no wish to waste my appetite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble. [Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8783]]></link><description><![CDATA[He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble. [Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58984]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become a dentist...I got $2,100 a year when I started in the big league, and they get more money now. ...I chased the balls that Babe Ruth hit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The walls are the publishers of the poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The walls are the publishers of the poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Short History of Myth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39491]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Short History of Myth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5475]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions. [Lat., Ille sinistrorsum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14160]]></link><description><![CDATA[One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions. [Lat., Ille sinistrorsum hic dexrorsum abit, unus utrique  Error, sed variis illudit partibus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's head is always influenced by heart; but a man's heart by his head. -Lady Marguerite Blessington. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27225]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's head is always influenced by heart; but a man's heart by his head. -Lady Marguerite Blessington.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm Sunday Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Palm Sunday Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953   In this state of things I saw no remedy but faith and patience. The passage of Scripture which subdued and controlled my mind was this, "The servant of the Lord must not strive." It was painful indeed to see the church, with the exception of the aisles, almost forsaken; but I thought that if God would only give a double blessing to the congregation that did attend, there would on the whole be as much good done as if the congregation were doubled and the blessing limited to only half the amount. This comforted me many, many times, when, without such a reflection, I should have sunk under my burden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Nature is but art unknown to thee; All chance direction, which thou canst not see;  All discord, harmony ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54252]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Nature is but art unknown to thee; All chance direction, which thou canst not see;  All discord, harmony not understood;   All partial evil, universal good;    And spite of pride, in erring reason's spite,     One truth is clear, Whatever is is right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's on the horizon. We can do the job as long as the funding stays consistent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34964]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's on the horizon. We can do the job as long as the funding stays consistent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When shall we find his equal? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50388]]></link><description><![CDATA[When shall we find his equal?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10252]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is always jealous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is always jealous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion, That if by chance it be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15540]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion, That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble,  Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret,   Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is the only true nobility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is the only true nobility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25078]]></link><description><![CDATA[And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8110]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting -- it has been found demanding, and not tried.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of glory gives an immense stimulus. [Lat., Immensum gloria calcar habet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of glory gives an immense stimulus. [Lat., Immensum gloria calcar habet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17556</guid></item></channel></rss>