<?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[Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a tough problem, and there is no simple answer or smoking gun. More likely, there are multiple causes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31902]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a tough problem, and there is no simple answer or smoking gun. More likely, there are multiple causes, and they may vary from species to species.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5936]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the light bulb is beginning to flicker, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29381]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the light bulb is beginning to flicker,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5186]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend even to posterity. This principal has taken full effect on this state favorite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Faith knows nothing of external guarantees -- that is, of course, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Faith knows nothing of external guarantees -- that is, of course, faith as an original experience of the life of the Spirit. It is only in the secondary esoteric sphere of the religious life that we find guarantees and a general attempt to compel faith. To demand guarantees and proofs of faith is to fail to understand its very nature by denying the free, heroic act which it inspires. In really authentic and original religious experience, to the existence of which the history of the human spirit bears abundant witness, faith springs up without the aid of guarantees and compelling proofs, without any external coercion or the use of authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really lack the words to compliment myself today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57615]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really lack the words to compliment myself today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst person to be around is the one who complains about everything and appreciates nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62988]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst person to be around is the one who complains about everything and appreciates nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is more important than the facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59843]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is more important than the facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pagans do not know God, and love only the earth. The Jews know the true God, and love only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13130]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pagans do not know God, and love only the earth. The Jews know the true God, and love only the earth. The Christians know the true God, and do not love the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As someone who has experienced the isolating effects of hearing loss first-hand, I felt compelled to help educate others and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30915]]></link><description><![CDATA[As someone who has experienced the isolating effects of hearing loss first-hand, I felt compelled to help educate others and encourage them to no longer suffer in silence and get help,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonetheless, struggle for civilian supremacy is still perilous and uncertain, ... (Wahid) is struggling for authority over the military. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonetheless, struggle for civilian supremacy is still perilous and uncertain, ... (Wahid) is struggling for authority over the military.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wasn't much older than the students. They were 18, and I was 22, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38339]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wasn't much older than the students. They were 18, and I was 22,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I 'll tickle your catastrophe. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55920]]></link><description><![CDATA[I 'll tickle your catastrophe. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be like everybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be like everybody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23315]]></link><description><![CDATA[We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One kind kiss before we part, Drop a tear, and bid adieu;  Though we sever, my fond heart  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45562]]></link><description><![CDATA[One kind kiss before we part, Drop a tear, and bid adieu;  Though we sever, my fond heart   Till we meet shall pant for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianismare political systems. There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianismare political systems. There are democratic communistsand totalitarian capitalists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[one of the more enjoyable aspects of the job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42578]]></link><description><![CDATA[one of the more enjoyable aspects of the job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   O God, Who hast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   O God, Who hast ordained that whatever is to be desired, should be sought by labor, and Who, by Thy blessing, bringest honest labor to good effect; look with mercy upon my studies and endeavors. Grant me, O Lord, to design only what is lawful and right, and afford me calmness of mind, and steadiness of purpose, that I may so do Thy will in this short life, as to obtain happiness in the world to come, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65278]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware how you take away hope from another human being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware how you take away hope from another human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running helps me stay on an even keel and in an optimistic frame of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running helps me stay on an even keel and in an optimistic frame of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure would be nice to have some school officials here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure would be nice to have some school officials here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Missouri voters really aren't sure what's going on with the president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Missouri voters really aren't sure what's going on with the president.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Year's Day is every man's birthday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64514]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Year's Day is every man's birthday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is either a great adventure or nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is either a great adventure or nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We outgrew this space a long time ago. It's been cramped as far as in front of house space. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38564]]></link><description><![CDATA[We outgrew this space a long time ago. It's been cramped as far as in front of house space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had pitching in the first game, but the hitting wasn't there. We got the bats alive a little bit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42500]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had pitching in the first game, but the hitting wasn't there. We got the bats alive a little bit in the second game, but we couldn't keep it going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22498]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really questioned whether I could in the beginning and now that I'm seeing results and have that support, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32116]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really questioned whether I could in the beginning and now that I'm seeing results and have that support, it makes me feel that much better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was kind of sloppy, but we played good. They hit the ball well on us, but we went up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42118]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was kind of sloppy, but we played good. They hit the ball well on us, but we went up big early and kept fighting them off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And out of darkness came the hands That reach thro' nature, moulding men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11090]]></link><description><![CDATA[And out of darkness came the hands That reach thro' nature, moulding men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out-because that'swhat's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21607]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out-because that'swhat's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit. [Lat., Principiis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit. [Lat., Principiis obsta: sero medicina paratur,  Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where can a person be better than in the bosom of their family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where can a person be better than in the bosom of their family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side. [Lat., Dum in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60022]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side. [Lat., Dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc impellitur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malice drinks one half of its own poison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Malice drinks one half of its own poison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience has two things to teach: the first is that we must correct a great deal; the second, that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience has two things to teach: the first is that we must correct a great deal; the second, that we must not correct too much]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What men turn to is more important than what they turn from, even if that to which they turn is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7279]]></link><description><![CDATA[What men turn to is more important than what they turn from, even if that to which they turn is only a higher moral truth; but to turn to Christ is far more important than to turn to higher moral truth: it is to turn the face towards Him in whom is all moral truth; it is to turn to HIm in whom is not only the virtue which corresponds to the known vice from which the penitent wishes to flee, but all virtue; it is to turn the face to all holiness, all purity, all grace. It was this repentance which the apostles preached after Pentecost.  ... Roland Allen, Pentecost and the World  ... Also see comments on this book in Bookworms August 23, 2000 Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617 Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly, To love his fellow men sincerely, To act from honest motives purely, To trust in God and heaven securely.   ... Henry van Dyke August 24, 2000 Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle Beginning a short series on the Bible:  The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg, never quits his track. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg, never quits his track.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Occasionally, the chef gets creative and comes up with a new one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Occasionally, the chef gets creative and comes up with a new one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38153</guid></item></channel></rss>