<?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[Feast of Benedict of Nursia, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550  It might help us in our thinking if we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Benedict of Nursia, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550  It might help us in our thinking if we drew a distinction between preaching, which the New Testament talks about as a continuing activity in society at large, and sermonising, which we have made into a special activity in the church premises... A great many people sermonising in our churches today would be better off and of greater service if they absolved themselves from the bondage and disciplines of the pulpit and came down among their congregations, teaching informally on sounder educational principles. After all, the vital matter in the ministry of the Word is not that a clergyman delivers himself of a discourse but that the people to whom he ministers end up being taught something. The tragedy is that the professional clergy have been trained to sermonise and they seem overwhelmed with fears and a sense of insecurity when they contemplate other methods. A further problem, of course, is that most of our churches contain a significant number of people who become emotionally disturbed at any departure from what they have always done in the past. To them, the sermon is part of their Christianity -- even if it bores them stiff!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasten slowly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hasten slowly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3286]]></link><description><![CDATA[You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct and reason how can we divide? 'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct and reason how can we divide? 'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a learning curve for all these young men. One has to hope that they learn quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37916]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a learning curve for all these young men. One has to hope that they learn quickly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On net, we'll see some damage and a hit to corporate profits and proprietors' income, but that effect is temporary. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39117]]></link><description><![CDATA[On net, we'll see some damage and a hit to corporate profits and proprietors' income, but that effect is temporary. But in the next quarter, we will get some mild stimulus from the rebuilding. Certainly, it will have no major, permanent effect on the economy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A transcendent being can be any miracle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21505]]></link><description><![CDATA[A transcendent being can be any miracle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, butWorld War IV will be fought with sticks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45982]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, butWorld War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot flea a stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50129]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot flea a stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot wait to tell Captain America's story. It's a doozy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29748]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot wait to tell Captain America's story. It's a doozy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is exhausted and would die in prison if he stays in captivity another year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29825]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is exhausted and would die in prison if he stays in captivity another year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9723]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155   To worship effectively is to enable men to become free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155   To worship effectively is to enable men to become free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you love someone, tell them. For hearts are often broken by words left unspoken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63032]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you love someone, tell them. For hearts are often broken by words left unspoken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50543]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes first. . . . No longer diverted by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62126]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes first. . . . No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can bring you to the door, but you have to walk through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11629]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can bring you to the door, but you have to walk through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What an alteration of honour has Desperate want made! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51373]]></link><description><![CDATA[What an alteration of honour has Desperate want made!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lo and behold, people were amazed: Washington was amazed. The country was amazed. And I was amazed that everybody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61232]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lo and behold, people were amazed: Washington was amazed. The country was amazed. And I was amazed that everybody was amazed. Because what is going on that a senator doesn't act according to script, acts according to conscience, and everybody is taken aback?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In solitude, where we are least alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57157]]></link><description><![CDATA[In solitude, where we are least alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fishy ancestors had the anatomy for it. You can imagine how valuable this system would be if you were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fishy ancestors had the anatomy for it. You can imagine how valuable this system would be if you were aquatic, because water is so conductive. But it doesn't work on land - air doesn't conduct electricity as well. When it happens, it's called a lightning bolt and you don't need special receptors to sense it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wouldst thou, or thou, Forego what's now,  For all that hope may say?   No--joy's reply,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wouldst thou, or thou, Forego what's now,  For all that hope may say?   No--joy's reply,    From every eye,     Is, "Live we while we may."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1694]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, "the time ain't long." That song is right. Something has got to change in America—and change soon. We must help that change to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That might be the first time in school history we're 5-0, but I can't say that for sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38579]]></link><description><![CDATA[That might be the first time in school history we're 5-0, but I can't say that for sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43587]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2443]]></link><description><![CDATA[About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creative activity could be described as a type of learningprocess where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creative activity could be described as a type of learningprocess where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56211]]></link><description><![CDATA[One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon than any other thing in the world.   - William Hazlitt,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10379]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were clearly underdogs coming into the series and now we are 1-0 up in the final. We believe in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41970]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were clearly underdogs coming into the series and now we are 1-0 up in the final. We believe in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no Past, so long as Books shall live! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4547]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shape of Things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Shape of Things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19293]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have listened keenly to our customers and refined the cars to boost our competitiveness on both sides of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35185]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have listened keenly to our customers and refined the cars to boost our competitiveness on both sides of the Atlantic. We already have a winning concept, so the aim was fine-tuning rather than making major changes. More sophisticated lines and materials and a better driving experience without compromising on demands concerning safety and power trains with good environmental properties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31015]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex system for granted, and just improve the things that are not so good. What is lacking in this conception is any sense that a society, an institution, or even a single human being, is an intricate system of fragile inter-relationships, whose complexities are little understood and easily destabilized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He held his opponent to the fence, threw leg kicks, knees to the head, and punches. It was three minutes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32261]]></link><description><![CDATA[He held his opponent to the fence, threw leg kicks, knees to the head, and punches. It was three minutes of punishment and that's when the referee stopped the fight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The numbers on the southwest border are much higher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37278]]></link><description><![CDATA[The numbers on the southwest border are much higher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45698]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4816]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4816</guid></item></channel></rss>