<?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[Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by not doing what they really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by not doing what they really want to do. And that's why they're not successful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the heavens, he shows me where the bachelors sit, and there live we as merry as the day is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27423]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the heavens, he shows me where the bachelors sit, and there live we as merry as the day is long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mark the Evangelist  The reason why we can hope to find God is that He is here, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mark the Evangelist  The reason why we can hope to find God is that He is here, engaged all the time in finding us. Every pulse of love is a tendril that draws us in His direction. Every verification of truth links the finite mind up into a Foundational Mind that undergirds us. Every deed of good will points toward a consummate Goodness which fulfills all our tiny adventures in faith. We can find Him because in Him we live and move and have our being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is simply the reification of the process of living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is simply the reification of the process of living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innovators and creators are persons who can to a higher degree than average accept the condition of aloneness. They are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innovators and creators are persons who can to a higher degree than average accept the condition of aloneness. They are more willing to follow their own vision, even when it takes them far from the mainland of the human community. Unexplored places do not frighten them- or not, at any rate, as much as they frighten those around them. This is one of the secrets of their power. That which we call "genius" has a great deal to do with courage and daring, a great deal to do with nerve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doth the moon care for the barking of a dog? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doth the moon care for the barking of a dog?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Adam's fall-- We sinned all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56390]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Adam's fall-- We sinned all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Lee is dead, that good old man,-- We ne'er shall see him more:  He used to wear an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2712]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Lee is dead, that good old man,-- We ne'er shall see him more:  He used to wear an old drab coat   All buttoned down before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't mind playing tough teams to start. This is only Game 1, and we still have a long way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40366]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't mind playing tough teams to start. This is only Game 1, and we still have a long way to go. We are going to evaluate our film and go from there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. The Mass Audience is made up of individuals, and good advertising ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3466]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. The Mass Audience is made up of individuals, and good advertising is written always from one person to another. When it is aimed at millions it rarely moves anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.   The best leaders of all, the people know not they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.   The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves.   The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other. •Ma-Tsu   You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face; it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed. •Mumon  Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung. •Zen Saying  No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself. •Tilopa   When you pass through, no one can pin you down, no one can call you back. •Ying-An   There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things. •Yuan-Wu  The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. •Robert M. Pirsig  Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. •Zen Proverb  Sit quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows, Cupid averse rejects divided vows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows, Cupid averse rejects divided vows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never a lip is curved with pain That can't be kissed into smiles again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never a lip is curved with pain That can't be kissed into smiles again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22259]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare is the union of beauty and modesty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They turned a coal mine into a gold mine. People come from all over the world to see this mine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35615]]></link><description><![CDATA[They turned a coal mine into a gold mine. People come from all over the world to see this mine from Sweden and England and all kinds of places.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think they're very good at protecting people in a crash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28664]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think they're very good at protecting people in a crash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century    On humanist assumptions, life leads to nothing; and every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century    On humanist assumptions, life leads to nothing; and every pretense that it does not is a deceit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44215]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives a husband time to hide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives a husband time to hide his money]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starting in April, the lowest tides are in the morning, so that's when we schedule the digs. These morning digs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starting in April, the lowest tides are in the morning, so that's when we schedule the digs. These morning digs tend to be very popular, partly because we often get good weather.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25386]]></link><description><![CDATA[A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot, We'll weather the weather, Whatever the whether, Whether we like it or not]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11111]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever and ever and ever. One knows it sometimes when one gets up at the tender solemn dawn-time and goes out and stands alone and throws one's head far back and looks up and up and watches the pale sky slowly changing and flushing and marvelous unknown things happening until the East almost makes one cry out and one's heart stands still at the strange unchanging majesty of the rising of the sun—which has been happening every morning for thousands and thousands and thousands of years. One knows it then for a moment or so...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52944]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high  The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44853]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was one of those deals where they had to spend it on somebody by Oct. 1 or give it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32074]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was one of those deals where they had to spend it on somebody by Oct. 1 or give it back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4187]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either this or upon this. (Either bring this back or be brought back upon it.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either this or upon this. (Either bring this back or be brought back upon it.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24719]]></link><description><![CDATA[For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this moment in time, the chances of any agreement are extremely small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28948]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this moment in time, the chances of any agreement are extremely small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought not to forget that the whole Church, quite as much as any part of it, exists for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7087]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought not to forget that the whole Church, quite as much as any part of it, exists for the sole reason of finally becoming superfluous. Of heaven St. John the Divine said, "I saw no temple therein.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A miser and a liar bargain quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3727]]></link><description><![CDATA[A miser and a liar bargain quickly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fashion of liking Racine will pass away like that of coffee. [Fr., La mode d'aimer Racine passera comme la ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25261]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fashion of liking Racine will pass away like that of coffee. [Fr., La mode d'aimer Racine passera comme la mode du cafe.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12603]]></link><description><![CDATA[A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. -As You Like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55688]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are not fifty ways of fighting, there\'s only one, and that\'s to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66655]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are not fifty ways of fighting, there\'s only one, and that\'s to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do we think that when the day has been idly spent and squandered away by us, we shall be fit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do we think that when the day has been idly spent and squandered away by us, we shall be fit to work when the night and darkness come -- when our understanding is weak, and our memory frail, and our will crooked, and by long custom of sinning obstinately bent the wrong way, what can we then do in religion? What reasonable or acceptable service can we then perform to God? When our candle is just sinking into the socket, how shall our light "so shine before men that they may see our good works"?... I will not pronounce anything concerning the impossibility of a death-bed repentance, but I am sure that it is very difficult, and, I believe, very rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than any other time in history, mankind faces a cross-roads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12024]]></link><description><![CDATA[More than any other time in history, mankind faces a cross-roads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous information whither Thou art taking me. I will be what Thou wilt make me, and all that Thou wilt make me. I say not, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest, for I am weak, but I give myself to Thee, to lead me anywhither.   ... John Henry Newman  September 10, 2000   Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life.   ... Luis Palau  September 11, 2000   Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank Thee for this place in which we dwell; for the love that unites us; for the peace accorded us this day; for the hope with which we expect the morrow; for the health, the work, the food, and the bright skies that make our lives delightful; for our friends in all parts of the earth, and our friendly helpers in this foreign isle [Samoa]... Give us courage, gaiety, and the quiet mind. Spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies. Bless us, if it may be, in all our innocent endeavors. If it may not be, give us the strength to encounter that which is to come, that we be brave in peril, constant in tribulation, temperate in wrath, and in all changes of fortune and down to the gates of death, loyal and loving to one another.   ... Robert Louis Stevenson  September 12, 2000   Devotion is the real spiritual sweetness which takes away all bitterness from mortifications, and prevents consolations from disagreeing with the soul; it cures the poor of sadness, and the rich of presumption; it keeps the oppressed from feeling desolate, and the prosperous from insolence: it averts sadness from the lonely, and dissipation from social life; it is as warmth in winter and as refreshing dew in summer; it knows how to abound and how to suffer want, how to profit alike by honour and by contempt; it accepts gladness and sadness with an even mind, and fills men's hearts with a wondrous sweetness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who first comes to this world below With drear November's fog and snow  Should prize the Topaz' amber hue-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who first comes to this world below With drear November's fog and snow  Should prize the Topaz' amber hue--   Emblem of friends and lovers true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62758]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
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