<?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[What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1357]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning -- and some of them many times over -- what do you find? That you can swim? Well -- life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2006]]></link><description><![CDATA[The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/655]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My husband and I just thought he needs to be in this one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33894]]></link><description><![CDATA[My husband and I just thought he needs to be in this one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59227]]></link><description><![CDATA[The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is blind,but marriage is an eye opener. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is blind,but marriage is an eye opener.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253  Thou knowest how far Thou hast already changed me, who first healed me of the lust of vindicating myself, that so Thou mightest forgive all the rest of my iniquities, and heal all my infirmities, and redeem my life from corruption, and crown me with mercy and pity, and satisfy my desire with good things; who didst curb my pride with Thy fear, and tame my neck to Thy yoke. And now I bear it and it is light unto me, because so hast Thou promised, and hast made it; and verily it was so, and I knew it not, when I feared to take it.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine    October 10, 1999  Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644  Wilberforce, Lord Shaftesbury, and many other evangelicals, have been leaders in social reform, but it was not their religion. Their efforts succeeded because they put first things first, and believed firmly in the Word of God, in the conversion of the individual, in prayer, and in using spiritual means for spiritual work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many things become beautiful when you really look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66860]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many things become beautiful when you really look.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God does not treat us as our sins deserve, man treats us as our sins deserve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44323]]></link><description><![CDATA[God does not treat us as our sins deserve, man treats us as our sins deserve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66408]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43380]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They will be cutting (rates) until they get some signs of rebound, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37053]]></link><description><![CDATA[They will be cutting (rates) until they get some signs of rebound,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis true no lover has that pow'r T' enforce a desperate amour,  As he that has two strings t' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51960]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis true no lover has that pow'r T' enforce a desperate amour,  As he that has two strings t' his bow,   And burns for love and money too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apoplexic, and Lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apoplexic, and Lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each person's back he has given one full of his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each person's back he has given one full of his own faults; in front he has hung a heavy one full of other people's. [Lat., Peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas.  Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit;   Alienis ante pectus supendit gravem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear has its use but cowardice has none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear has its use but cowardice has none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47380]]></link><description><![CDATA[I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything popular is wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything popular is wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His cares are now all ended. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55940]]></link><description><![CDATA[His cares are now all ended. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is the creator as well as the channel of devotion. The spirit of devotion is the spirit of prayer. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is the creator as well as the channel of devotion. The spirit of devotion is the spirit of prayer. Prayer and devotion are united as soul and body are united, as life and the heart are united. There is no real prayer without devotion, no devotion without prayer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints   You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints   You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream. And I seek then in vain by the meadow and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream. And I seek then in vain by the meadow and stream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5206]]></link><description><![CDATA[A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classes and masses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classes and masses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You reign, I rule. That is the Japanese way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29710]]></link><description><![CDATA[You reign, I rule. That is the Japanese way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her pattern was when a child started crying, she couldn't stand it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her pattern was when a child started crying, she couldn't stand it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is hurt but by himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21667]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is hurt but by himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Propaganda...serves more to justify ourselves than to convince others; and the more reason we have to feel guilty, the more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Propaganda...serves more to justify ourselves than to convince others; and the more reason we have to feel guilty, the more fervent our propaganda.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's still learning how to run. He's not really comfortable reading blocks, or getting that pre-snap read. He's still a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32763]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's still learning how to run. He's not really comfortable reading blocks, or getting that pre-snap read. He's still a beginner as far as that goes, as far as using his eyes. The say a great runner has vision. He has all the tools, but he's still learning to use that vision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11791]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . there is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55130]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . there is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has been obtained from experience, or derived in some way from our senses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dearths foreseene come not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dearths foreseene come not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thought driven home is better than three left on base. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22665]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thought driven home is better than three left on base.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1386]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet. [Fr., Mais ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56717]]></link><description><![CDATA[But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet. [Fr., Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? C'estoit le plus grand soucy qu'eust Villon, le poete parisien.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59107]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vibrations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vibrations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballet-mongers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballet-mongers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIM is definitely trying to push aggressively with their technology, but legal issues are holding them back from going full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30414]]></link><description><![CDATA[RIM is definitely trying to push aggressively with their technology, but legal issues are holding them back from going full throttle and coming out with new devices and technologies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not completely finalized, but I talked with Steve (Wednesday) and he has given me a proxy to go ahead. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30306]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not completely finalized, but I talked with Steve (Wednesday) and he has given me a proxy to go ahead. It's not really 'official' official, but the building is on hold, and we've got the date (from Showtime), so we're just about there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27944]]></link><description><![CDATA[When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27944</guid></item></channel></rss>