<?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[The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination fromambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47364]]></link><description><![CDATA[The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination fromambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference,andundernourishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man may be defined as the animal that can say "I," that can be aware of himself as a separate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man may be defined as the animal that can say "I," that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature drawes more then ten teemes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature drawes more then ten teemes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were absolutely aiming to capture that Sun Studio sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38520]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were absolutely aiming to capture that Sun Studio sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanks to Tony, he didn't give us much time to think about that shot. I thought we never lost control ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thanks to Tony, he didn't give us much time to think about that shot. I thought we never lost control of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36974]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of the night in an atmosphere which in London would make a horse dizzy, but here merely clears the brain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is the chamber of justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is the chamber of justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you'll never be a dominant force ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you'll never be a dominant force in the world? You'll never be a convincing technocrat or middle manager. Because people will know. She's in there sitting down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted. [Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51654]]></link><description><![CDATA[The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted. [Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["With this same key Shakespeare unlocked his heart," once more!  Did Shakespeare? If so, the less Shakespeare be! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55310]]></link><description><![CDATA["With this same key Shakespeare unlocked his heart," once more!  Did Shakespeare? If so, the less Shakespeare be!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17129]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   A just pride, a proper and becoming pride, are terms which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   A just pride, a proper and becoming pride, are terms which we daily hear from Christian lips. To possess a high spirit, to behave with proper spirit when used ill -- by which is meant, a quick feeling of injuries, and a promptness in resenting them -- entitles to commendation; and a meek-spirited disposition, the highest Scripture eulogium, expresses ideas of disapprobation and contempt. Vanity and vainglory are suffered without interruption to retain their natural possession of the heart.   ... William Wilberforce, A Practical View  July 31, 2000 Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Jesus used the term abba (which means father or "daddy" in his Aramaic mother tongue), as an address in his prayers to God. There are no other examples of this usage in contemporary Judaism, but Jesus always addressed God in this way. The others perhaps regarded it as child's talk, a form of expression too disrespectful to be so used. But for Jesus, abba expressed the filial intimacy he felt toward his Father. As the divine Son of the Father, Jesus enjoyed a unique relationship with him, and his mission in the world consisted in opening up the blessings of sonship to those who believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10577]]></link><description><![CDATA[An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24530]]></link><description><![CDATA[And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44642]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such understanding is required for researchers to develop new and much-needed approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases, such as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such understanding is required for researchers to develop new and much-needed approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases, such as diabetes, bipolar disorder, cancer and many others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love the giver more than the gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love the giver more than the gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q:'You don't spoil your grandchildren do you?A:'Not this morning, I haven't seen them yet.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Q:'You don't spoil your grandchildren do you?A:'Not this morning, I haven't seen them yet.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10270]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  We need to forget the imaginary Christ who has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  We need to forget the imaginary Christ who has been ours too long and to rediscover the real Christ, the Christ of the prophets and the martyrs and the confessors, the Christ who is not only the lover of souls but also master, a monarch with demands to make in industry, in finance, in education, in the arts, in marriage, in the home; the Christ who is teacher of a social ideology which has eternal validity; the Christ who cries aloud with convincing force, "He who would save his life will lose it; only he who is willing to lose his life, can find it.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moon is made of a green cheese. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51026]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moon is made of a green cheese.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12613]]></link><description><![CDATA[I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the educated are free. -Epictetus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing endures but personal qualities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing endures but personal qualities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weep no more, lady, weep no more, Thy sorrowe is in vaine,  For violets pluckt, the sweetest showers  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weep no more, lady, weep no more, Thy sorrowe is in vaine,  For violets pluckt, the sweetest showers   Will ne'er make grow againe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skeptics are never deceived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skeptics are never deceived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If not, it's going to be really hard finding someone to step into this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39972]]></link><description><![CDATA[If not, it's going to be really hard finding someone to step into this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6151]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy and persistence conquer all things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energy and persistence conquer all things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43941]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are the days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9228]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are the days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43922]]></link><description><![CDATA[For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While global economic growth rates have slowed from the exceptionally high levels of 2004, the emerging economies remain buoyant, offsetting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33801]]></link><description><![CDATA[While global economic growth rates have slowed from the exceptionally high levels of 2004, the emerging economies remain buoyant, offsetting slowing industrial production growth in the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He seems to be doing OK. He needs to work on things and develop more consistency. We want him to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38901]]></link><description><![CDATA[He seems to be doing OK. He needs to work on things and develop more consistency. We want him to throw a two-seam fastball more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We triage the community as we go through -- situations that we can respond to, situations we need to let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31557]]></link><description><![CDATA[We triage the community as we go through -- situations that we can respond to, situations we need to let go,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And for our country 'tis a bliss to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45787]]></link><description><![CDATA[And for our country 'tis a bliss to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5861]]></link><description><![CDATA[One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the Whites and the Blacks have more in common with each other than with the players. Suddenly one loses all interest in who will be champion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5861</guid></item></channel></rss>