<?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 Allen Gardiner, founder of the South American Missionary Society, 1851 Commemoration of Albert Schweitzer, Teacher, Physician, Missionary, 1965 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Allen Gardiner, founder of the South American Missionary Society, 1851 Commemoration of Albert Schweitzer, Teacher, Physician, Missionary, 1965  In this Body of Christ, Paul sees "the ecclesia of God". Ecclesia is a Greek word with a splendid history. It was used in the old free commonwealths of Greece for the general assembly of all free citizens, by which their common life was governed. When political liberty went, the name still survived in the restricted municipal self-government which the Roman State allowed. It was taken over by the brotherhoods and guilds which in some measure superseded the old political associations. Among the Jews who spoke Greek, this word seemed the appropriate one to describe the commonwealth of Israel as ruled by God -- the historical Theocracy. Our translation of it is "Church". That word, however, has undergone such transformations of meaning that it is often doubtful in what sense it is being used. Perhaps for ecclesia we may use the word -- simpler, more general, and certainly nearest to its original meaning -- "commonwealth". [Continued tomorrow].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40597]]></link><description><![CDATA[My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With our heads, we believe that the church ought to be one truly "classless society" with all men standing on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6567]]></link><description><![CDATA[With our heads, we believe that the church ought to be one truly "classless society" with all men standing on a plane of perfect equality at the foot of the Cross. But if in our hearts we do not genuinely want it, the unwanted know it well enough, count us as their enemies, and turn to other faiths. [Continued tomorrow].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66272]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every madman thinks all other men mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every madman thinks all other men mad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You might get a No.1 pick like Peyton Manning. Ask the Colts if they think the system is working. Or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36021]]></link><description><![CDATA[You might get a No.1 pick like Peyton Manning. Ask the Colts if they think the system is working. Or ask the Cowboys with Troy Aikman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to predict the future is to invent it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I provide a little comic relief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29508]]></link><description><![CDATA[I provide a little comic relief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25659]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43537]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People perceive the campaign to be close, so that should stimulate people to vote. And the media environment is unbelievable, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36489]]></link><description><![CDATA[People perceive the campaign to be close, so that should stimulate people to vote. And the media environment is unbelievable, in terms of focusing on the campaign.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52827]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42862]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11470]]></link><description><![CDATA[After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We picked it up pretty well but we didn't run through blocks and open up some holes. If we could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40370]]></link><description><![CDATA[We picked it up pretty well but we didn't run through blocks and open up some holes. If we could just do that it would be a lot better and give Tony or Austin (Scott) a chance to just break past the line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19034]]></link><description><![CDATA[A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24798]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20842]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27965]]></link><description><![CDATA[My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. [Fr., Je me hate de me moquer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24159]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. [Fr., Je me hate de me moquer de tous, de peur d'etre oblige d'en pleurer.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer And cries, "It shall be done--sometimes, somewhere." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48047]]></link><description><![CDATA[She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer And cries, "It shall be done--sometimes, somewhere."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day I work so hardBringin' home my hard earned payTry to love you baby, but you push me away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day I work so hardBringin' home my hard earned payTry to love you baby, but you push me away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm OK. This time of year everyone has some bumps and bruises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33874]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm OK. This time of year everyone has some bumps and bruises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31991]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tigers have built a much stronger military machine in the four years of the ceasefire. If the intensity of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36735]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Tigers have built a much stronger military machine in the four years of the ceasefire. If the intensity of the war increases, there is no doubt they have developed a capability to strike in Colombo.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the communities of the faithful, men had to impress upon themselves and upon others what Jesus said and did, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6195]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the communities of the faithful, men had to impress upon themselves and upon others what Jesus said and did, for the more convinced they were that he was neither a Jewish pretender nor an unsubstantial deity like one of the deities of the cults, the more urgent it was for them to recall that his words were the rule of their life, and that his actions in history had created their position in the world; they had to think out their faith, to state it against outside criticism, and to teach it within their own circle, instead of being content with it as a mere emotion; they had also to refresh their courage by anticipating the future, which they believed was in the hands of their Lord. The common basis of their life was the conviction that they enjoyed a new relationship with God, for which they were indebted to Jesus. The technical term for this relationship was "covenant", and "covenant" became eventually in their vocabulary "testament". Hence the later name for these writings of the church, when gathered into a sacred collection, was "The New Testament" -- New because the older relationship of God to his people, which had obtained under Judaism, with its Old Testament was superseded by the faith and fellowship which Jesus Christ his Son had inaugurated. It was the consciousness of this that inspired the early Christians to live, and to write about the origin and applications of this new life. They wrote for their own age, without a thought of posterity, and they did not write in unison but in harmony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its not its what your country can do for you what you could do for your country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its not its what your country can do for you what you could do for your country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66108]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has put a good finish to his undertaking is said to have placed a golden crown to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13780]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has put a good finish to his undertaking is said to have placed a golden crown to the whole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to feel good about that offense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34465]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to feel good about that offense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3258]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37021]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it;  But we hae meat, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it;  But we hae meat, and we can eat,   And sae the Lord be thankit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, 'tis in a manner done already; For many carriages he hath dispatched  To the seaside, and put his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, 'tis in a manner done already; For many carriages he hath dispatched  To the seaside, and put his cause and quarrel   To the disposing of the cardinal;    With whom yourself, myself, and other lords,     If you think meet, this afternoon will post      To consummate this business happily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52036]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13151]]></link><description><![CDATA[God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65576]]></link><description><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44170]]></link><description><![CDATA[A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. -Mother Theresa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. -Mother Theresa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23801</guid></item></channel></rss>