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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Saw life steadily and saw it whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saw life steadily and saw it whole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43965]]></link><description><![CDATA[All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened pines; Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope, A scene beloved of bees; Silence of water above a sunken tree: The pure serene of memory of one man,-- A ripple widening from a single stone Winding around the waters of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to put a stop to this sort of thing and introduce some honesty to reporting.Thus, if a legend told of a notable hero that all men spoke of his prowess any bard who valued his life would hastily add except for a couple of people in his home village who thought he was a loony, and quite a lot of other people who had never really heard of him. Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like: His mighty steed was fast as the wind, on a fairly calm day, say about Force Three, any loose talk about a beloved having a face that could launch a thousand ships would have to be backed by evidence that the object of desire did indeed own a very large seaport. Patrician Olaf II was eventually killed during an experiment conducted in the palace grounds to prove the disputed accuracy of the proverb The Pen is mightier than the Sword.In his memory it was decided that the proverb would from now on include the phrase: only if the Sword is very small and the Pen very sharp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance wavers between extreme audacity and extreme shyness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance wavers between extreme audacity and extreme shyness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flying rumours gather'd as the roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told;  And all who told ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flying rumours gather'd as the roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told;  And all who told it added something new.   And all who heard it made enlargements too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are several things that have happened in this case . . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34459]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are several things that have happened in this case . . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. -M. Scott Peck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25192]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. -M. Scott Peck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which sufficeth is not little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49788]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which sufficeth is not little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last time we did this there was some criticism on our procedure. It wasn't the selection. I want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last time we did this there was some criticism on our procedure. It wasn't the selection. I want to make that very clear. It was the way we handled ourselves on the logistics of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14767]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/886]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it because I'm behind it; it the folks out in front that I jar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governments always tend to want not really a free press but a managed or well-conducted one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governments always tend to want not really a free press but a managed or well-conducted one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15555]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42075]]></link><description><![CDATA[People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Tuesday night, we had a meeting. I told them that there's no excuse for our pitcher getting 15 strikeouts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40958]]></link><description><![CDATA[After Tuesday night, we had a meeting. I told them that there's no excuse for our pitcher getting 15 strikeouts and us not being able to get six outs without giving up some runs. We had been practicing kind of sluggish, and that carries over. But we bounced back Thursday and started hitting the ball. It was a good mental victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  The critical scholar is not committed, within the area of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  The critical scholar is not committed, within the area of his research, to accepting the Church's presuppositions about Jesus, but he should not be committed to accepting naturalistic presuppositions either. If he does accept the latter, then the results of his research will in all probability contradict the beliefs of the Church, but this is because he has begged the question from the start. In examining, for instance, the evidence for the virginal conception [of Jesus], if he begins with the presupposition that such an event is impossible he will end with the same conclusion; if he begins with the presupposition that it is possible he may end with the conclusion that the evidence for it is good or that it is bad or that it is inconclusive. This is as far as scholarship can take him. The Christian will accept the virginal conception as part of the Church's faith. (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the time of year people start shopping for space heaters, but business hasn't been above normal, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30281]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the time of year people start shopping for space heaters, but business hasn't been above normal,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I did feel a friendship with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30351]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I did feel a friendship with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum  Caliginosa nocte premit deus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17092]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum  Caliginosa nocte premit deus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23372]]></link><description><![CDATA[A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spontaneity is the quality of being able to do something just because you feel like it at the moment, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spontaneity is the quality of being able to do something just because you feel like it at the moment, of trusting your instincts, of taking yourself by surprise and snatching from the clutches of your well-organized routine, a bit of unscheduled plea]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17830]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[because that was the only way they felt they could survive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33571]]></link><description><![CDATA[because that was the only way they felt they could survive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inn of a traveller on his way to Jerusalem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inn of a traveller on his way to Jerusalem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  Love ... is very noticeable as fervour and devotion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  Love ... is very noticeable as fervour and devotion and jubilation, and is yet not always the best thing; for sometimes it is not from love but is caused by nature that one has such taste and sweetness; or it may be a heavenly impression or it may be produced by the senses, and those who have most of this are not always the best. For even if it should be from God, our Lord gives this to such men in order to attract and charm them, and also to detach them from others. But if these same people later grow in love, they may not have so many feelings, and then it will become clear that they have love, if they remain wholly faithful to God without any such support.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lap of providence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lap of providence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are solutions to those problems. We have smart growth here already. There will be benefits to having foot traffic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34560]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are solutions to those problems. We have smart growth here already. There will be benefits to having foot traffic for merchants on Main Street, increased tax revenue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63641]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[La ligne, avec sa canne, est un long instrument, Dont le plus mince bout tient un petit reptile,  Et ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16116]]></link><description><![CDATA[La ligne, avec sa canne, est un long instrument, Dont le plus mince bout tient un petit reptile,  Et dont l'autre est tenu par un grand imbecile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50840]]></link><description><![CDATA[However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No great deed is done By falterers who ask for certainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18252]]></link><description><![CDATA[No great deed is done By falterers who ask for certainty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is, I suppose, no occupation in the world which has an influence on the efficiency and happiness of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19900]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is, I suppose, no occupation in the world which has an influence on the efficiency and happiness of the members of nearly all other occupations so continuous and so permeating as that of the working housewife and mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With what presumption have we dared to voice "Thank You for home (although we hold the deed), Our acre, trees, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6800]]></link><description><![CDATA[With what presumption have we dared to voice "Thank You for home (although we hold the deed), Our acre, trees, and flowers (ours by choice), Our faithful dog and cat (though it's agreed No one can own the latter), each good book (A gift, or purchased), all else we foresaw That we should cherish, and have made to look Ours by possession (nine points of the law)." With what presumption have we called them ours, And even felt unselfish when we shared them--  When, if the truth be known, they have been Yours From the beginning, Lord! You have prepared them For us to borrow, using as our own: So thank You, Father, for this generous loan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dew of compassion is a tear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dew of compassion is a tear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There won't be a lot of police patrols. Runners will be out there with their teams and hopefully acting in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42030]]></link><description><![CDATA[There won't be a lot of police patrols. Runners will be out there with their teams and hopefully acting in a safe manner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture is one thing and varnish is another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture is one thing and varnish is another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care is the the actualization of love assumed. -Doc Childre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care is the the actualization of love assumed. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53778]]></link><description><![CDATA[If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66416]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66416</guid></item></channel></rss>