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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15230]]></link><description><![CDATA[I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688  [John Bunyan] had to live through that obscure night -- "wide, vast, and lonely" -- which fell upon St. John of the Cross before; like him, he knew that grace would enter "the dark caverns where the senses live". In the meantime, Bunyan tossed to and fro, as it were between heaven and hell. It has been said that he paints too dark a picture of his moral condition when a young man, that he exaggerates his wickedness at this period, and afterwards wrestles with phantoms of his vivid imagination. But spiritual sins, though not so obvious as those that are sensual, may be just as real; and Bunyan's intensity of feeling and expression arose from the intensity of his spiritual nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of species that have not been seen in the last 10 or 15 years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30530]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of species that have not been seen in the last 10 or 15 years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us remember that every person who is infected, whatever the reason, is a fellow human being with human rights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us remember that every person who is infected, whatever the reason, is a fellow human being with human rights and human needs,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had all the size. But we met them halfway and tried to make them score from 10 feet out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37486]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had all the size. But we met them halfway and tried to make them score from 10 feet out instead of 5 feet out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just sad. It's real unfortunate. Now I'm at the stage where I'm mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31842]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just sad. It's real unfortunate. Now I'm at the stage where I'm mad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Okonwko was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Okonwko was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 Commemoration of Cedd, Founding Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 Commemoration of Cedd, Founding Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664  We cannot understand the depth of the Christian doctrine of sin if we give to it only a moral connotation. To break the basic laws of justice and decency is sin indeed. Man's freedom to honor principles is the moral dimension in his nature, and sin often appears as lawlessness. But sin has its roots in something which is more than the will to break the law. The core of sin is our making ourselves the center of life, rather than accepting the holy God as the center. Lack of trust, self-love, pride -- these are three ways in which Christians have expressed the real meaning of sin. But what sin does is to make the struggle with evil meaningless. When we refuse to hold our freedom in trust and reverence for God's will, there is nothing which can make the risk of life worth the pain of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When prosperity comes, do not use all of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1454]]></link><description><![CDATA[When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57746]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll respond; we've responded all season. It was obviously disappointing, and it left a bitter taste in everybody's mouth. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41346]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll respond; we've responded all season. It was obviously disappointing, and it left a bitter taste in everybody's mouth. We have to bounce back. This is another big week for us. We're playing some tough teams, and we really have to rise to the occasion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9443]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is bad luck to be superstitious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27759]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is bad luck to be superstitious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think this is anything against Congressman Kolbe. They, (the gay Republicans -- including members of the Log Cabin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31883]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think this is anything against Congressman Kolbe. They, (the gay Republicans -- including members of the Log Cabin group), are trumpeting an agenda that they want the certain rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! when duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! when duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now deep in ocean sunk the lamp of light, And drew behind the cloudy vale of night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now deep in ocean sunk the lamp of light, And drew behind the cloudy vale of night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer. [Lat., Ingenium magni detractat livor Homeri.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer. [Lat., Ingenium magni detractat livor Homeri.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bearing and the training of a child Is woman's wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43214]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bearing and the training of a child Is woman's wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What they're accustomed to is no great matter, But then, alas! they've read an awful deal.  [Ger., Zwar sind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53012]]></link><description><![CDATA[What they're accustomed to is no great matter, But then, alas! they've read an awful deal.  [Ger., Zwar sind sie an das Beste nicht gewohnt,   Allein sie haben schrecklich viel gelesen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few people are successful unless a lot of other people want them to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few people are successful unless a lot of other people want them to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27997</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[The Boy and the FilbertsA boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as many as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy and the FilbertsA boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the pitcher. Unwilling to lose his filberts, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment. A bystander said to him, Be satisfied with half the quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand. Do not attempt too much at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   When law and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   When law and sin ceased to be distinguished in Israel, compassion induced Him to appoint judges again. If these are gifted with heroic qualities, to vanquish the oppressors of Israel, it is nevertheless not this heroism that forms their principal characteristic. That consists in judging. They restore... the authority of the law. For this reason, God raises up judges, not princes. The title sets forth both their work and the occasion of their appointment. Israel is free and powerful when its law is observed throughout the land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15670]]></link><description><![CDATA[If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result is victory, then you must not fight, even at the ruler's bidding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739   In that age they will neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739   In that age they will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but will be as the angels. We are destined to a better state -- destined to rise to a spiritual consortship. So we, who shall be with God, shall be together: since we shall all be with the one God, though there be many mansions in the house of the same Father; and, in eternal life, God will still less separate them whom He has joined together, than, in this lesser life, He allows them to be separated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691  Each of us individually has risen into moral life from a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691  Each of us individually has risen into moral life from a mode of being which was purely natural; in other words, each of us also has fallen -- fallen, presumably in ways determined by his natural constitution, yet certainly, as conscience assures us, in ways for which we are morally answerable, and to which, in the moral constitution of the world, consequences attach which we must recognise as our due. They are not only results of our action, but results which that action has merited; and there is no moral hope for us unless we accept them as such.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17861]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy?  What are the blessings of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy?  What are the blessings of the sight?   Oh, tell your poor blind boy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our audiences are all ages: kids who just love the show, love the movie, grandparents bringing their grandkids, it really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our audiences are all ages: kids who just love the show, love the movie, grandparents bringing their grandkids, it really covers the spectrum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14171]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to getthings done make lists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21466]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to getthings done make lists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56149]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The election will be conducted in a calm manner and the Azerbaijani society will remain stable, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The election will be conducted in a calm manner and the Azerbaijani society will remain stable,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clashes and vitriol only make it worse. I think what we must learn to do is to read the imagery. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clashes and vitriol only make it worse. I think what we must learn to do is to read the imagery. We need to analyze and understand the subtext.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see an awful lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61941]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see an awful lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When prayers are done, my Lady is ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50076]]></link><description><![CDATA[When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4505]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The safety pin thing goes all the way back to Harry. It's part of the image thing. The safety pin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33304]]></link><description><![CDATA[The safety pin thing goes all the way back to Harry. It's part of the image thing. The safety pin helps our associates stay looking tidy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44991]]></link><description><![CDATA[New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Hope" is the thing with feathers- That perches in the soul- And sings the tunes without the words- And never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19789]]></link><description><![CDATA["Hope" is the thing with feathers- That perches in the soul- And sings the tunes without the words- And never stops- at all- .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5764</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[Come like shadows, so depart! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come like shadows, so depart!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55299</guid></item></channel></rss>