<?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[Study nature, not books ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study nature, not books]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams, That, as I am a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56003]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams, That, as I am a Christian faithful man, I would not spend another such a night, Though 't were to buy a world of happy days. -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   I think I have never heard a sermon preached on the story of Mary and Martha that did not attempt, somehow, somewhere, to explain away its text. Mary's, of course, was the better part -- the Lord said so, and we must not precisely contradict Him. But we will be careful not to despise Martha. No doubt, He approved of her, too. We could not get on without her, and indeed, having paid lip-service to God's opinion, we must admit that we greatly prefer her, for Martha was doing a really feminine job, whereas Mary was just behaving like any other disciple; and that is a hard pill to swallow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is the thorn that guards the rose--easily trimmed off when once plucked. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is the thorn that guards the rose--easily trimmed off when once plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy waters.   - Ik Marvel (pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of wisdom. . . . love as the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.....true love is an act of will that often transcends ephemeral feelings of love or cathexis, it is correct to say, 'Love is as love does'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730  It is the Church's mission to confront the world from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730  It is the Church's mission to confront the world from the Godward side of life with the Christian principles of a free and just society. The dignity, the value, and the importance of every individual are made abundantly clear by the Son of God. He has shown us what human life is intended to be, and we must be willing to stand against whatever is amiss in the temper and disposition of the world, or of any segment of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63843]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27159]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good, honest, wholesome, hungry breakfast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16352]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good, honest, wholesome, hungry breakfast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64626]]></link><description><![CDATA[As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may carry the whole scheme of Christian truth in his mind from boyhood to old age without the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7538]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may carry the whole scheme of Christian truth in his mind from boyhood to old age without the slightest effect upon his character and aims. It has had less influence than the multiplication table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I can do the rock clubs if I have to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41175]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I can do the rock clubs if I have to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God may thunder His commands from Mount Sinai and men may fear, yet remain at heart exactly as they were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7703]]></link><description><![CDATA[God may thunder His commands from Mount Sinai and men may fear, yet remain at heart exactly as they were before. But let a man once see his God down in the arena as a Man, -- suffering, tempted, sweating, and agonized, finally dying a criminal's death - and he is a hard man indeed who is untouched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48175]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to the highest form of being. Faith gives stability to our view of the universe. By faith we are convinced that our impressions of things without are not dreams or delusions, but, for us, true representations of our environment. By faith we are convinced that the signs of permanence, order, progress, which we observe in nature are true. By faith we are convinced that fellowship is possible with our fellow man and with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41410]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These figures come at a difficult time, with regional and local newspapers subject to the same market forces as other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41238]]></link><description><![CDATA[These figures come at a difficult time, with regional and local newspapers subject to the same market forces as other consumer products and media. Despite this, a number of regional newspapers have seen some very impressive results due to investment, audience research and focusing on what their readers want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dance is the hidden language of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dance is the hidden language of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're just glad this is over. That's the biggest thing right now. We know what the punishment is and we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40453]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're just glad this is over. That's the biggest thing right now. We know what the punishment is and we're ready to move on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[where war becomes unthinkable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41941]]></link><description><![CDATA[where war becomes unthinkable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They called the windlackadaisical..but because he in freedom blowsthe world will neverlack for daisies..(to Laurie Otto Milwaukee Wisconsin advocate of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4027]]></link><description><![CDATA[They called the windlackadaisical..but because he in freedom blowsthe world will neverlack for daisies..(to Laurie Otto Milwaukee Wisconsin advocate of wild lawns)http://www.epa.gov/greenacreshttp://www.egroups.com/messages/nomow108/1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven, Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven, Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part,  I ask not proud Philosophy   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part,  I ask not proud Philosophy   To teach me what thou art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With what presumption have we dared to voice "Thank You for home (although we hold the deed), Our acre, trees, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6800]]></link><description><![CDATA[With what presumption have we dared to voice "Thank You for home (although we hold the deed), Our acre, trees, and flowers (ours by choice), Our faithful dog and cat (though it's agreed No one can own the latter), each good book (A gift, or purchased), all else we foresaw That we should cherish, and have made to look Ours by possession (nine points of the law)." With what presumption have we called them ours, And even felt unselfish when we shared them--  When, if the truth be known, they have been Yours From the beginning, Lord! You have prepared them For us to borrow, using as our own: So thank You, Father, for this generous loan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47546]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You feel bad about it for a while. But the way the schedule is, you have to move on quickly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37350]]></link><description><![CDATA[You feel bad about it for a while. But the way the schedule is, you have to move on quickly because there is another game in two days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65093]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe that if we could but have this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52300]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe that if we could but have this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our inadequate and blemished selves. Excessive desire is thus a means of suppressing our sense of worthlessness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, and Pete Fleming, martyrs, Equador, 1956  Oh, the fullness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, and Pete Fleming, martyrs, Equador, 1956  Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on Earth! I care not if I never raise my voice again for Him, if only I may love Him, please Him. Mayhap in mercy He shall give me a host of children that I may lead them through the vast star fields to explore His delicacies whose finger ends set them to burning. But if not, if only I may see Him, touch His garments, smile into His eyes -- ah then, not stars nor children shall matter, only Himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part getting up seems not so easy By half as lying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26129]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part getting up seems not so easy By half as lying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man has his fancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man has his fancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the England team don't want to experience another hellish week like the one that lies ahead of them now, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42554]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the England team don't want to experience another hellish week like the one that lies ahead of them now, with only pride at stake, they had better get used to the idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's language is as their lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's language is as their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top presenters have total control of their fears. They make fear their slave, not the master. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Top presenters have total control of their fears. They make fear their slave, not the master.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate women because they always know where things are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27075]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate women because they always know where things are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40159]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This line of defense does come with a price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32965]]></link><description><![CDATA[This line of defense does come with a price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't thought about that at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39884]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't thought about that at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fish adores the bait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fish adores the bait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54257</guid></item></channel></rss>