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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing some very strong global growth trends so that should prop up exports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36352]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing some very strong global growth trends so that should prop up exports.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy shoes shall be of iron and brass: and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy shoes shall be of iron and brass: and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44531]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property rights are not the rights of property; they are the rights of humans with regard to property. They are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Property rights are not the rights of property; they are the rights of humans with regard to property. They are a particular kind of human right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19061]]></link><description><![CDATA[In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66891]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65107]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16972]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13832]]></link><description><![CDATA[When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait At the portcullis, at thy castle gate,  Longing to see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56609]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait At the portcullis, at thy castle gate,  Longing to see the charmed door of dreams   Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rational individualist is not the enemy of benevolence or civility, but their truest exemplar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rational individualist is not the enemy of benevolence or civility, but their truest exemplar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship needs no words—it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship needs no words—it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Est rosa flos Veneris cujus quo furta laterent. [Roughly meaning, The discourses of the table among true loving friends are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Est rosa flos Veneris cujus quo furta laterent. [Roughly meaning, The discourses of the table among true loving friends are held in strict silence.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was as close to perfect as anyone can be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28423]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was as close to perfect as anyone can be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65934]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ROME (This abridged paraphrase of the Epistle to the Romans is continued from yesterday)  That concludes the present stage of my argument; but before I can proceed to final deductions, I must return to a difficulty already raised (Rom. 3:1-4). If there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, does all the great past of Israel go for nothing? Do all the promises of Scripture go for nothing? First, let me say how bitterly I regret the exclusion of the Jewish nation as a body from the new life. I would surrender all my Christian privileges if I could find a way to bring them in. But we must recognize facts; and the first fact is that the nation as a whole never was able to claim the promises; from the beginning, there was a process of selection. Of the sons of Abraham, Isaac alone was called; of the sons of Isaac, Jacob only. If we ask why, there is no answer save that God is bound by no natural or historical necessity, but intervenes according to His will. To question that will is as absurd as for the pot to arraign the potter. Then again, while some members of the Hebrew race have always fallen out, always God has declared His purpose ultimately to include others, not members of the Hebrew race--and that is just what is now happening. Now, as I said, I desire nothing more earnestly than that the whole nation should be saved. But the fact is that they have deliberately rejected the chance that was offered them. There is nothing remote or abstruse about the Christian message. It is a very simple thing: acknowledge Jesus as Lord, and believe that He is alive; that is all. And they cannot say that they have never heard the message, for Christ has His witnesses everywhere. It looks, then, as if God had rejected His people, as punishment for their obstinacy. I do not believe it. God's promises cannot go for nothing. In the first place, there has always been, and there still is, a faithful remnant of the Jewish people. And in the second place, as for the main body, their present rejection of the message is only a means in God's Providence for its extension to the Gentiles. The old olive-tree of Israel stands yet; many of its branches have been lopped off, and new branches of wild olive have been engrafted in their place. But God can engraft the lopped branches on again, if it be His will; and I believe it is His will, and that in the end the whole nation will return to Him and inherit the promises. And if the failure of Israel has meant such blessing to the world, how much greater blessing will its ultimate salvation bring! God's purpose, as I said at the beginning (Rom. 1:16), is universal: He has permitted the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike, to fall under sin, only in order that He may finally have mercy on the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike. How profound and unsearchable are His plans! (Rom. 9:1-11:36)  So now I can take up again my main argument. If this is the way of God's dealing with us, what ought to be our response? Can we do less than offer our entire selves to God as a sacrifice of thanksgiving? How will that work out? In a life lived as by members of one single body. Let each perform his part faithfully. Let love rule all your relations one to another, and to those outside, even to your enemies. Do not regard the Emperor as outside the scope of love, but obey his laws and pay his taxes. Yes, and pay all debts to every one. Love is, in fact, the one comprehensive debt of man to man. If you love your neighbour as yourself, you have fulfilled the whole moral law. But be in earnest about things, for the better day is already dawning. (Rom. 12:1-13:14)  I hear you have differences among yourselves about Sabbath-keeping and vegetarianism. Take this matter, then, as an example of what I mean by the application of brotherly love to all conduct. Remember that the Sabbatarian and the anti-Sabbatarian, the vegetarian and the meat-eater, are alike servants of one Master. Give each other credit for the best motives. Do not think of yourself alone; think of your Christian brother, and try to put yourself in his place. If he seems to you a weak-minded, over-scrupulous individual, remember that in any case he is your brother, and that Christ died for him as well as for you, and reverence his conscience. If through your example he should do an act which is harmless in you but sin to him, you have injured his conscience. Is it worth while so to imperil a soul for the sake of your liberty in such external matters? If the other man is weak-minded, and you strong-minded, all the more reason why you should help to bear his burden. Remember, Christ did not please Himself. In a word, Sabbatarian and anti-Sabbatarian, Jew and Gentile, treat one another as Christ has treated you, and God be with you. (Rom. 14:1-15:13)  Well, friends, I hardly think you needed this long exhortation from me. You are intelligent Christians, and well able to give one another good advice. Still, I thought I might venture to remind you of a few points ; for after all, I do feel a measure of responsibility for you, as missionary to the Gentiles. I have now accomplished my mission as far West as the Adriatic. Now I am going to Jerusalem to hand over the relief fund we have raised in Greece. After that I hope to start work in the West, and I propose to set out for Spain and take Rome on my way. Pray for me, that my errand to Jerusalem may be successful, so that I may be free to visit you. (Rom. 15:14-33)  I wish to introduce to you our friend Phoebe. She renders admirable service to our congregation at Cenchrea. Do all you can for her; she deserves it.  Kind regards to Priscilla and Aquila, Epaenetus, Mary, and all friends in Rome.   (P.S.--Beware of folk who make mischief. Be wise; be gentle; and all good be with you.)  Timothy, Lucius, Jason, Sosipater, and all friends at Corinth send kind regards. (So do I--Tertius, amanuensis!)  Glory be to God!  With all good wishes,  Your brother,  PAUL, Missionary of Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19338]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57327]]></link><description><![CDATA[And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32510]]></link><description><![CDATA[I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A strong sense of injury often gives point to the expression of our feelings. [Lat., Plerumque dolor etiam venustos facit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20915]]></link><description><![CDATA[A strong sense of injury often gives point to the expression of our feelings. [Lat., Plerumque dolor etiam venustos facit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome dutyinto an interesting opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome dutyinto an interesting opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I've met. . -Dwight Moody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12243]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I've met. . -Dwight Moody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran's defiance of the international ban on executing child offenders is a growing concern and calls into question its willingness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iran's defiance of the international ban on executing child offenders is a growing concern and calls into question its willingness to abide by international human rights standards,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In judging others a man laboureth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7660]]></link><description><![CDATA[In judging others a man laboureth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself he always laboureth to good purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm worried that a number of these deals will not get done now. A lot of people get caught in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33988]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm worried that a number of these deals will not get done now. A lot of people get caught in the changing markets when they only see the upside of things going in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23199]]></link><description><![CDATA[So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A market is the combined behavior of thousands of people responding to information, misinformation and whim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15904]]></link><description><![CDATA[A market is the combined behavior of thousands of people responding to information, misinformation and whim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really takes a village. We're all responsible for all children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39428]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really takes a village. We're all responsible for all children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to bet it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62703]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, and etched on vacant places are half-forgotten faces of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are days when no one should rely unduly on his "competence." Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1067]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are days when no one should rely unduly on his "competence." Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men represent the triumph of mind over morals, whereas women represent the triumph of matter over mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men represent the triumph of mind over morals, whereas women represent the triumph of matter over mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we first came to Pascagoula, we saw him quite a lot. He came in here a lot and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42029]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we first came to Pascagoula, we saw him quite a lot. He came in here a lot and we always thought he was quite a gentleman and very nice, very pleasant. My son rented furniture from him and he was very nice to him. We always felt he was a kind person and very good to do business with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fare you well, my lord, and believe this of me: there can be no kernel in this light nut; the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fare you well, my lord, and believe this of me: there can be no kernel in this light nut; the soul of this man is his clothes. Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63197]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe we're still going to have a good real estate market this year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31830]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe we're still going to have a good real estate market this year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31830</guid></item></channel></rss>