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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Base wealth preferring to eternal praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678   One might think that, with the Bible as the center of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678   One might think that, with the Bible as the center of Christianity, the unity of Christians could be easily realized. But unfortunately this has not proved true, though we can consider it fortunate indeed that, as this inability to unify proves, the letter of the Bible cannot really replace the living Christ as the center of our faith. The Bible is the expression of the life and work of God, and since life is greater than its expression, it cannot be expressed completely in any logical or theological form. Therefore, the Bible itself cannot escape being understood in many different ways. Thus we see how in the wisdom of God it is impossible in practice to make the Scriptures the end or final authority to those who live in fellowship with the Spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be noble! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead,  Will rise in majesty to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be noble! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead,  Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no heresies in a dead religion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19207]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no heresies in a dead religion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63303]]></link><description><![CDATA[When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judy's view is that any purported waiver she got from anyone was not on the face of it sufficiently broad, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judy's view is that any purported waiver she got from anyone was not on the face of it sufficiently broad, clear and uncoerced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The majors can't be bothered with that [kind of material]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The majors can't be bothered with that [kind of material].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got to stabilize the relationship with Fleming, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got to stabilize the relationship with Fleming,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born.  Modesty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born.  Modesty died when false modesty was born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12244]]></link><description><![CDATA[At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent. -Golda Meir.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12244</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/7999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   Pain is a kindly, hopeful thing, a certain proof of life, a clear assurance that all is not yet over, that there is still a chance. But if your heart has no pain -- well, that may betoken health, as you suppose: but are you certain that it does not mean that your soul is dead?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friend, of my infinite dreams Little enough endures;  Little howe'er it seems,   It is yours, all yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friend, of my infinite dreams Little enough endures;  Little howe'er it seems,   It is yours, all yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is in ruins? The invisible church, composed of all Spirit-baptized persons, is indefectible, it cannot be ruined; against it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6827]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is in ruins? The invisible church, composed of all Spirit-baptized persons, is indefectible, it cannot be ruined; against it "the gates of Hades shall not prevail." The local assembly may indeed by sadly ruined; but it can be restored, as, by the grace of God, has been seen times without number -- at Corinth, for example. The only other institution in question is that agglomeration of sects that is called "Christendom." But that is unrecognized by the New Testament -- it is not of God at all: and that it is "in ruins" is no matter for our regret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God for competition. When our competitors upset our plans or outdo our designs, they open infinite possibilities of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God for competition. When our competitors upset our plans or outdo our designs, they open infinite possibilities of our own work to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very uniqueness of the Resurrection as a historical event always causes problems when we try to describe it, just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very uniqueness of the Resurrection as a historical event always causes problems when we try to describe it, just as it did for the original writers. Nevertheless, the background to the New Testament is one of expectation of resurrection, and only the historical rising-again of Jesus makes sense of the narrative in this context.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is so little difference between husbands you might as well keep the first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20196]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is so little difference between husbands you might as well keep the first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58724]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Will you retire?''When they put me in the grave, I want to have a pen in my hand.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18731]]></link><description><![CDATA['Will you retire?''When they put me in the grave, I want to have a pen in my hand.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203   The term "baptism in (or of) the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203   The term "baptism in (or of) the Spirit" conjures up the idea of a separate initiatory experience which every Christian ought to enjoy, whereas evangelicalism is noted for its stress upon a "conversion" experience which marks the beginning of the believer's relationship to his Lord. Too often, alas, conversion has been the end as well as the beginning, with the result that some Christians have looked back, with mingled delight and wistfulness to a past event that now seems to have diminished relevance to daily living. We can fully understand, then, the appeal of a movement which promises a new dimension of Christian living, there in the New Testament, and now available in everyday experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It ain't over till it's over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13776]]></link><description><![CDATA[It ain't over till it's over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That he that readeth may run over it. [Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52999]]></link><description><![CDATA[That he that readeth may run over it. [Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentment is not satisfaction. It is the grateful, faithful, fruitful use of what we have, little or much. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentment is not satisfaction. It is the grateful, faithful, fruitful use of what we have, little or much. It is to take the cup of Providence, and call upon the name of the Lord. What the cup contains is its contents. To get all that is in the cup is the act and art of contentment. Not to drink because one has but half a cup, or because one does not like its flavor, or because somebody else has silver to one's own glass, is to lose the contents; and that is the penalty, if not the meaning, of discontent. No one is discontented who employs and enjoys to the utmost what he has. It is high philosophy to say, we can have just what we like if we like what we have; but this much at least can be done, and this is contentment: to have the most and best in life by making the most and best of what we have.   ... Maltbie D. Babcock August 7, 2000 Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866   For all the vigour of his polemic, St. Paul does not content himself with the denunciation of error, but finds the best defense against its insidious approaches in a closer adherence to the love of God and faith in Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes the program run is the parents of these kids are willing to bring them early or pick them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39606]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes the program run is the parents of these kids are willing to bring them early or pick them up late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is stronger than habit. [Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is stronger than habit. [Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country, right or wrong! When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country, right or wrong! When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44278]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM believes a common standards-based approach, like the XMCL Initiative, is an important step forward for content owners, retailers, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33655]]></link><description><![CDATA[IBM believes a common standards-based approach, like the XMCL Initiative, is an important step forward for content owners, retailers, and distributors, and ultimately for consumers. The initiative announced today will help evolve the digital distribution of content over the Internet to create new e-commerce opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been and will always be the case that most Americans who use drugs do so responsibly and in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57885]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been and will always be the case that most Americans who use drugs do so responsibly and in moderation]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HBO is, and will continue to be, the most profitable network in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31568]]></link><description><![CDATA[HBO is, and will continue to be, the most profitable network in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[But after an immediate uproar here, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry began backpedaling.] There is no accord yet, only an idea, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31253]]></link><description><![CDATA[[But after an immediate uproar here, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry began backpedaling.] There is no accord yet, only an idea, ... This is a theme that needs to be examined when we receive a concrete proposal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard enough, even with the best will in the world, to be just. It is hard, under the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8526]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard enough, even with the best will in the world, to be just. It is hard, under the pressure of haste, uneasiness, ill-temper, self-complacency, and conceit, to continue intending justice. Power corrupts; the "insolence of office" will creep in. We see it so clearly in our superiors; is it unlikely that our inferiors see it in us? How many of those who have been over us did not sometimes (perhaps often) need our forgiveness? Be sure that we likewise need the forgiveness of those that are under us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The go-between wears out a thousand sandals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and where ever it may lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16691]]></link><description><![CDATA[What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and where ever it may lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I ran there and when I got there, there were four or five boats looking in the water. I didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37653]]></link><description><![CDATA[I ran there and when I got there, there were four or five boats looking in the water. I didn't see anybody that looked like survivors. I didn't see anybody at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly over the Empire State Building ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly over the Empire State Building and your front yard today. They perform their cycles with the same mathematical precision, and they will continue to affect each thing on earth, including man, as long as the earth exists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey "people." People say different things: so do instincts. Our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey "people." People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest....]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22815</guid></item></channel></rss>