<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637  There is a pride of faith, more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637  There is a pride of faith, more unforgiveable and dangerous than the pride of the intellect. It reveals a split personality in which faith is "observed" and appraised, thus negating that unity born of a dying-unto-self, which is the definition of faith. To "value" faith is to turn it into a metaphysical magic, the advantages of which ought to be reserved for a spiritual elite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49319]]></link><description><![CDATA[He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18000]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fashion of the day has been to attempt to convert by insisting on conversion; to exhort men to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fashion of the day has been to attempt to convert by insisting on conversion; to exhort men to be converted; to tell them to be sure they look at Christ instead of simply holding up Christ; to tell them to have faith rather than to supply its object; to lead them to work up their minds, instead of impressing upon them the thought of Him who can savingly work in them; to bid them to be sure their faith is justifying, that it is not dead, formal, self-righteous, or merely moral, instead of delineating Him whose image, fully delineated, destroys deadness, formality, self-righteousness; to rely on words, vehemence, eloquence, and the like, rather than to aim at conveying the one great idea, whether in words or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so far, it probably isn't gonna get great right at the end and make it all worthwhile. None should blame you for walking out early.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24803]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would be no lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acon his right, Leonilla her left eye Doth want; yet each in form, the gods out-vie.  Sweet boy, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acon his right, Leonilla her left eye Doth want; yet each in form, the gods out-vie.  Sweet boy, with thine, thy sister's sight improved:   So shall she Venus be, thou God of Love.    [Lat., Lumine Acon dextre,--capta est Leonilla sinistre,     Et potis est forma vincere uterque dees:      Blande puer, lumen quod habes concede sorori,       Sic tu caecus Amor, sic erit illa Venus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will be correspondent to command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51492]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will be correspondent to command.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66604]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recompiling doesn't matter...it's Solaris. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Recompiling doesn't matter...it's Solaris.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not for the money this time. The one thing we can't live with is class size and composition. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30779]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not for the money this time. The one thing we can't live with is class size and composition. We know that in going out, we're going to harm students, but this time, staying in the class will harm students. Do we go out, or do we stay in the class and watch students being harmed?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll put a spoke among your wheels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48621]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll put a spoke among your wheels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885   In our Ashrams of East ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885   In our Ashrams of East and West, places of spiritual retreat, we begin with what we call "The Morning of the Open Heart", in which we tell our needs... We give four or five hours to this catharsis. The reaction of one member, who listened to it for the first time, was: "Good gracious, have we all the disrupted people in the country here?" My reply was: "No, you have a cross section of the church life honestly revealed." In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24630]]></link><description><![CDATA[My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My husband and I just thought he needs to be in this one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33894]]></link><description><![CDATA[My husband and I just thought he needs to be in this one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child enters your home and makes so much noise for twenty years that you can hardly stand it: then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38586]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child enters your home and makes so much noise for twenty years that you can hardly stand it: then departs leaving the house so silent that you think you will go mad]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life ...Your entire life ...Not just the life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3712]]></link><description><![CDATA["You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life ...Your entire life ...Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart.Not just your bank account, but your soul."~ Anna Quindlen]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a couple of shifts later. They turn things around so quickly, it's frustrating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14135]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25597]]></link><description><![CDATA[No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,  Yet gives not o'er though desperate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46161]]></link><description><![CDATA[So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,  Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe The bosom of a friend will hold a secret  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe The bosom of a friend will hold a secret  Mine own could not contain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People look for their leadership to lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66578]]></link><description><![CDATA[People look for their leadership to lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23744]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they talk about values, they’re talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the cooling hour, just when the rounded Red sun sinks down behind the azure hill,  Which then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58326]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the cooling hour, just when the rounded Red sun sinks down behind the azure hill,  Which then seems as if the whole earth is bounded,   Circling all nature, hush'd, and dim, and still,    With the far mountain-crescent half surrounded     On one side, and the deep sea calm and chill      Upon the other, and the rosy sky       With one star sparkling through it like an eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to love humanity than to love your neighbor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52341]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to love humanity than to love your neighbor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32256]]></link><description><![CDATA[You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42493]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend in need is a friend indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51064]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend in need is a friend indeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A frightened captain makes a frightened crew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24456]]></link><description><![CDATA[A frightened captain makes a frightened crew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13428]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11747]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46196]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lady with her daughters or her nieces, Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48792]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lady with her daughters or her nieces, Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all born charming, fresh, and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5766]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all born charming, fresh, and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46230]]></link><description><![CDATA[the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest happiness of the greatest number. [Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest happiness of the greatest number. [Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18874]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64482]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61327]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59763]]></link><description><![CDATA[How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46013</guid></item></channel></rss>