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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason, Observation, and Experience -- the Holy Trinity of Science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason, Observation, and Experience -- the Holy Trinity of Science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17649]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4619]]></link><description><![CDATA[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing in particular, I perceived coming towards me, a tall, beardless, fair-haired young fellow, wearing a German cap and gold-rimmed spectacles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agreement exists in disagreement. [Lat., Mansit concordia discors.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agreement exists in disagreement. [Lat., Mansit concordia discors.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65817]]></link><description><![CDATA[For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a bull moose, walking right through town. I had been to Alaska before, and I've seen moose, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32844]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a bull moose, walking right through town. I had been to Alaska before, and I've seen moose, but that was a hell of a deal. That's not something you see on your average recruiting trip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're just thrilled to have her, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35343]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're just thrilled to have her,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34412]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have this or something else, that I could not live without some real work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No hair so small but hath his shadow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49650]]></link><description><![CDATA[No hair so small but hath his shadow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the spiritual perplexity which exercised so many of the rarest souls of the nineteenth century, God appeared as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8080]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the spiritual perplexity which exercised so many of the rarest souls of the nineteenth century, God appeared as a Being whom men desired to find but could not. But such a formula, though it truly represented one side of their situation, can never represent the whole of any human situation. For God is also a Being whom it ill suits any of us to find but from whom we cannot escape. Part of the reason why men cannot find God is that there is that in Him which they do not desire to find, so that the God whom they are seeking and cannot find is not the God who truly is. Perhaps we could not fail to find God, if it were really God whom we were seeking. And indeed the deepest reality of the situation is that contained in the discovery, which alone is likely at last to resolve our perplexity, that when we were so distressfully seeking that which was not really God, the true God had already found us, though at first we did not know that it was He by whom we had been found. There is a saying, "Be careful what you seek; you might find it." And some who have sought God only as a complacent ally of their own ambitions have found Him a consuming fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61945]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from paucity of experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A library is thought in cold storage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4584]]></link><description><![CDATA[A library is thought in cold storage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex in space is not just a good idea, it\'s survival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex in space is not just a good idea, it\'s survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26201]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10476]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59589]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subsidies could fuel inflation through increased spending. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subsidies could fuel inflation through increased spending.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it is confined and limited by the necessities of ink and paper and leather. The Voice of God, however, is alive and free as the sovereign God is free. "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." The life is in the speaking words. God's word in the Bible can have power only because it corresponds to God's word in the universe. It is the present Voice which makes the written Word all-powerful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action based on reason, action therefore which is only to be understood by reason, knows only one end, the greatest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action based on reason, action therefore which is only to be understood by reason, knows only one end, the greatest pleasure of the acting individual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man in the street does not know a star in the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52464]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those only deserve a monument who do not need one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17235]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47801]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17466]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5528]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Sye," he seyd, "be the same hatte I can knowe yf my wyfe be badde  To me by eny ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18881]]></link><description><![CDATA["Sye," he seyd, "be the same hatte I can knowe yf my wyfe be badde  To me by eny other man;   If my floures ouver fade or falle,    Then doth my wyfe me wrong wyth alle     As many a woman can."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I plan on being a sponge all year and see how quickly we can adapt. I can't imagine doing this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I plan on being a sponge all year and see how quickly we can adapt. I can't imagine doing this from Nazareth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We swear there will be an earthquake of retaliation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28618]]></link><description><![CDATA[We swear there will be an earthquake of retaliation,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13870]]></link><description><![CDATA[You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54695]]></link><description><![CDATA[To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not because we want to discriminate against any race. We're not prejudice up here. The decision by the City ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42334]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not because we want to discriminate against any race. We're not prejudice up here. The decision by the City Council was that new streets be named after past presidents and possibly after the people that you talked about. We do not want to name existing streets because we are worried about what the cost would be to our neighbors who live on that street.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39545]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, to go undetected and to go unpunished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heap on more wood! the wind is chill! But let it whistle as it will,  We'll keep up Christmas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heap on more wood! the wind is chill! But let it whistle as it will,  We'll keep up Christmas merry still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your dad is running around in jeans and a T-shirt, you want to look different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35657]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your dad is running around in jeans and a T-shirt, you want to look different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves. If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20620]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves. If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922  The truth is neither mine nor his nor another's; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922  The truth is neither mine nor his nor another's; but belongs to us all whom Thou callest to partake of it, warning us terribly, not to account it private to ourselves, lest we be deprived of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the greatest thing that God can give us; for Himself is love: and it is the greatest thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the greatest thing that God can give us; for Himself is love: and it is the greatest thing we can give to God; for it will also give ourselves, and carry with it all that is ours. The apostle calls it the band of perfection; it is the old, and it is the new, and it is the great commandment, and it is all the commandments; for it is the fulfilling of the Law. It does the work of all the graces without any instrument but its own immediate virtue. For as the love of sin makes a man sin against all his own reason, and all the discourses of wisdom, and all the advices of his friends, and without temptation and without opportunity, so does the love of God: it makes a man chaste without the laborious arts of fasting and exterior disciplines, temperate in the midst of feasts, and is active enough to choose it without any intermedial appetites, and reaches at glory through the very heart of grace, without any other aims but those of love. It is a grace that loves God for Himself, and our neighbors for God. The consideration of God's goodness and bounty, the experience of those profitable and excellent emanations from Him, may be, and most commonly are, the first motive of our love; but when we are once entered, and have tasted the goodness of God, we love the spring for its own excellency, passing from passion to reason, from thanking to adoring, from sense to spirit, from considering ourselves to union with God: and this is the image and little representation of heaven; it is beatitude in picture, or rather the infancy and beginning of glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14540]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14540</guid></item></channel></rss>