<?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[I was waiting for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42346]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was waiting for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword on me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword on me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57599]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is incompossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49251]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is incompossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49251</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[Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People demand freedom only when they have no power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64915]]></link><description><![CDATA[People demand freedom only when they have no power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is finding out what you already know -Richard Bach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is finding out what you already know -Richard Bach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20569]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth. [Lat., Respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo  Doctum imitatorem, et veras hinc ducere voces.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43476]]></link><description><![CDATA[After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26163]]></link><description><![CDATA[As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years' study of books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10099]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years' study of books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57386]]></link><description><![CDATA[One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lucia Pinochet is currently in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody at Dulles International Airport, pending resolution of her immigration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lucia Pinochet is currently in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody at Dulles International Airport, pending resolution of her immigration status.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, I'm in the South. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, I'm in the South.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hero is someone we can admire without apology. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19268]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hero is someone we can admire without apology.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been quite hectic. Through the generosity of local businesses, namely Wal-Mart, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Plum Creek Cleaners, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33594]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been quite hectic. Through the generosity of local businesses, namely Wal-Mart, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Plum Creek Cleaners, as well as school children from District 22, and a host of Dawson County residents and others in surrounding counties, we were able to help the families furnish their living quarters and obtain food and clothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be illegal to apply this proposed definition to any federal contract. The minority small business community is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28540]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be illegal to apply this proposed definition to any federal contract. The minority small business community is not well served by a resolution that flies in the face of existing laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you say it's okay to screen for gender, there's nothing that you can say that it's not okay to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you say it's okay to screen for gender, there's nothing that you can say that it's not okay to screen for ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â whether it's eye color, hair color, trivial issues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things--trout as well as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18083]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things--trout as well as eternal salvation--come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37186]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in question, we at the endowment will be prepared to defend it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terrible is the temptation to be good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Terrible is the temptation to be good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16089]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The high note is not the only thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The high note is not the only thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Mountains Are Gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31150]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Mountains Are Gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I married beneath me. All women do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27318]]></link><description><![CDATA[I married beneath me. All women do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there they placed a peacock in his pride, Before the damsel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46005]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there they placed a peacock in his pride, Before the damsel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had never veered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had never veered off course we wouldn't fall in love, have babies, or be who we are. After all, things change, so do cities, people come into your life and they go. But it's comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart... and if you're very lucky, a plane ride away]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23583]]></link><description><![CDATA[A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The three-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The three-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7152]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ashamed of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New York Times, despite having a pretty good strategy with regard to both print and online, has probably had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New York Times, despite having a pretty good strategy with regard to both print and online, has probably had some of the most sluggish ad revenue growth in the newspaper industry and at the same time has incurred more cost increases than its peers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56854]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12792]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sacred burden is this life ye bear: Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly, Stand up and walk ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4976]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sacred burden is this life ye bear: Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly, Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly. Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin, But onward, upward, till the goal ye win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34278]]></link><description><![CDATA[But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do watch which files we send overseas. There are some [for which] you don't want to have foreign accents, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35850]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do watch which files we send overseas. There are some [for which] you don't want to have foreign accents, such as our government title.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20848</guid></item></channel></rss>