<?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[We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41752]]></link><description><![CDATA[We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better quality trials and a significant reduction in the number of people sentenced to death. Whatever their impact, they must not be seen as a substitute for more wide-ranging reforms aimed at the complete abolition of the death penalty in China.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15704]]></link><description><![CDATA[An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 Commemoration of Thérèse of Lisieux, Carmelite Nun, Spiritual Writer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 Commemoration of Thérèse of Lisieux, Carmelite Nun, Spiritual Writer, 1897   People talk about special providences. I believe in the providences, but not in the speciality. I do not believe that God lets the thread of my affairs go for six days, and on the seventh evening takes it up for a moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am sure care 's an enemy to life. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am sure care 's an enemy to life. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I count all the time on resonance. I call on this, you see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39105]]></link><description><![CDATA[I count all the time on resonance. I call on this, you see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to avoid a property owner using sewer availability as leverage to get more units with the county. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35407]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to avoid a property owner using sewer availability as leverage to get more units with the county.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we know love matters more than anything, and we know that nothing else REALLY matters, we move into the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58381]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we know love matters more than anything, and we know that nothing else REALLY matters, we move into the state of surrender. Surrender does not diminish our power, it enhances it. -Sara Paddison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pitchers today are only expected to pitch into the sixth inning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pitchers today are only expected to pitch into the sixth inning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A breeze came wandering from the sky, Light as the whispers of a dream;  He put the o'erhanging grasses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61637]]></link><description><![CDATA[A breeze came wandering from the sky, Light as the whispers of a dream;  He put the o'erhanging grasses by,   And softly stooped to kiss the stream,    The pretty stream, the flattered stream,     The shy, yet unreluctant stream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4099]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law's made to take care o' raskills. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24293]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law's made to take care o' raskills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their monument sticks like a fishbone in the city's throat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their monument sticks like a fishbone in the city's throat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5836]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So shall they build me altars in their zeal, Where knaves shall minister, and fools shall kneel:  Where faith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62315]]></link><description><![CDATA[So shall they build me altars in their zeal, Where knaves shall minister, and fools shall kneel:  Where faith may mutter o'er her mystic spell,   Written in blood--and Bigotry may swell    The sail he spreads for Heav'n with blasts from hell!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Is there no hope?" the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head,  And took his leave with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26693]]></link><description><![CDATA["Is there no hope?" the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head,  And took his leave with signs of sorrow,   Despairing of his fee to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And see all sights from pole to pole And glance, and nod, and bustle by,  And never once possess ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57267]]></link><description><![CDATA[And see all sights from pole to pole And glance, and nod, and bustle by,  And never once possess our soul   Before we die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn from history that we do not learn anything from history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28117]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn from history that we do not learn anything from history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11010]]></link><description><![CDATA[On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This in not just a condemnation of the Holocaust. It is a condemnation of all the atrocities in the past ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41431]]></link><description><![CDATA[This in not just a condemnation of the Holocaust. It is a condemnation of all the atrocities in the past and a reminder that terror still surrounds us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You always want to change the match after it's over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40321]]></link><description><![CDATA[You always want to change the match after it's over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because it lacks the element of outrage, the modern church needs to be reminded that, if her life and institutions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because it lacks the element of outrage, the modern church needs to be reminded that, if her life and institutions are being strangled by a dying culture, then she is choking on the very truths which she has herself betrayed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19349]]></link><description><![CDATA[History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dare to be wrong and to dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dare to be wrong and to dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snuffling through his nose some stale joke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How awestriking. How sublime..that out of muck and mud and dirt and slime God makes lemons and God makes limes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27577]]></link><description><![CDATA[How awestriking. How sublime..that out of muck and mud and dirt and slime God makes lemons and God makes limes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27577</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[The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66636]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63342]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By looking at squinting people you learn to squint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50713]]></link><description><![CDATA[By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not in a situation where I am nervous or trying to live up to coach Emmer. I hope ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38088]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not in a situation where I am nervous or trying to live up to coach Emmer. I hope to honor the tradition by giving everything that I have to my guys and to the recruiting process to bring in the best players.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44859]]></link><description><![CDATA[When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ground up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44859</guid></item></channel></rss>