<?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[Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is good health and a bad memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is good health and a bad memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During that period we greatly improved the financial health of the company by selling low-return businesses, reducing debt, stabilizing AOL, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34290]]></link><description><![CDATA[During that period we greatly improved the financial health of the company by selling low-return businesses, reducing debt, stabilizing AOL, and made significant progress in resolving the company's legal challenges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42845]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42845</guid></item><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[We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65364]]></link><description><![CDATA[We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you a shovel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you a shovel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  It is quite possible to perform very ordinary actions with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  It is quite possible to perform very ordinary actions with so high an intention as to serve God therein better than in far more important things done with a less pure intention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63639]]></link><description><![CDATA[By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until we actually see a suit of any sort we can't comment on anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until we actually see a suit of any sort we can't comment on anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63649]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. -B.B. King. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13578]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. -B.B. King.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47519]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many a rustic Milton has passed by, Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,  In unremitting drudgery and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62150]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many a rustic Milton has passed by, Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,  In unremitting drudgery and care!   How many a vulgar Cato has compelled    His energies, no longer tameless then,     To mould a pin, or fabricate a nail!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60109]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't negotiate the deal. We're just the matchmakers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16002]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't negotiate the deal. We're just the matchmakers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29470]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it falls right on the weekend, when St. Patrick's Day comes on Friday or Saturday it's perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30206]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it falls right on the weekend, when St. Patrick's Day comes on Friday or Saturday it's perfect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It appears we will have a balanced budget with no [fare] increase. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41710]]></link><description><![CDATA[It appears we will have a balanced budget with no [fare] increase.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can be born of nothing, nothing can be resolved into nothing. [Lat., Gigni  De nihilo nihil, in nihilum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can be born of nothing, nothing can be resolved into nothing. [Lat., Gigni  De nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American...is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners...Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clashes and vitriol only make it worse. I think what we must learn to do is to read the imagery. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clashes and vitriol only make it worse. I think what we must learn to do is to read the imagery. We need to analyze and understand the subtext.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to emphasize that a large earthquake such as 1906 is not just a San Francisco quake, but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30386]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to emphasize that a large earthquake such as 1906 is not just a San Francisco quake, but a Northern California earthquake. Earthquakes greater than magnitude 7 are going to cause intense shaking over a large area everyone needs to be prepared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-- Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.  My hand will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5318]]></link><description><![CDATA[His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-- Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.  My hand will miss the insinuated nose,   Mine eyes the tail that wagged contempt at Fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24942]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. -Crowfoot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64461]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizenship consists in the service of the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Citizenship consists in the service of the country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46369]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A demon holds a book, in which are written the sins of a particular man; an Angel drops on it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58468]]></link><description><![CDATA[A demon holds a book, in which are written the sins of a particular man; an Angel drops on it from a phial, a tear which the sinner had shed in doing a good action, and his sins are washed out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18325]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is your devoted friend, sir, the manifold linguist and the armipotent soldier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25132]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is your devoted friend, sir, the manifold linguist and the armipotent soldier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The economic and technological triumphs of the past few years have not solved as many problems as we thought they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The economic and technological triumphs of the past few years have not solved as many problems as we thought they would, and, in fact, have brought us new problems we did not foresee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60127]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59731]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64475]]></link><description><![CDATA[My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25061]]></link><description><![CDATA[With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of athletes stepped up today. I think every point is going to be important this week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34006]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of athletes stepped up today. I think every point is going to be important this week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are trying to get the other eight people also freed soon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40272]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are trying to get the other eight people also freed soon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her time is about 4.33, which she's capable of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her time is about 4.33, which she's capable of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No command of art, No toil, can help you hear;  Earth's minstrelsy falls clear   But on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19043]]></link><description><![CDATA[No command of art, No toil, can help you hear;  Earth's minstrelsy falls clear   But on the listening heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19043</guid></item></channel></rss>