<?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[Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard professing Christians of our own day speak as though the historicity of the Gospels does not matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7791]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard professing Christians of our own day speak as though the historicity of the Gospels does not matter -- all that matters is the contemporary Spirit of Christ. I contend that the historicity does matter, and I do not see why we, who live nearly two thousand years later, should call into question an Event for which there were many eye-witnesses still living at the time when most of the New Testament was written. It was no "cunningly devised fable" but an historic irruption of God into human history which gave birth to a young church so sturdy that the pagan world could not stifle or destroy it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's done enough this time in and will be spelled until the end of January and brought back for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37015]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's done enough this time in and will be spelled until the end of January and brought back for the jumping season next year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[They say] "We do not know how this is, but we know that God can do it." You poor fools! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56805]]></link><description><![CDATA[[They say] "We do not know how this is, but we know that God can do it." You poor fools! God can make a cow out of a tree, but has He ever done so? Therefore show some reason why a thing is so, or cease to hold that it is so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56805</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[If the radiance of a thousand sunsWere to burst at once into the skyThat would be like the splendor of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25348]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the radiance of a thousand sunsWere to burst at once into the skyThat would be like the splendor of the Mighty one --I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds. - Bhagavad Gita.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are a furry gnome and we feed you too much! Dorothy to Sophia ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17601]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are a furry gnome and we feed you too much! Dorothy to Sophia]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47819]]></link><description><![CDATA[A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66610]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or did the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string,  Drew iron tears down Pluto's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or did the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string,  Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[While the U.S. media] was praising freedom on the march after the Iraqi elections, he told the real story: The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30036]]></link><description><![CDATA[[While the U.S. media] was praising freedom on the march after the Iraqi elections, he told the real story: The seeds of Islamic fundamentalism is all over Iraqi walls, ... He said that six months before anybody else in the media.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over... Death is not anything... death ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over... Death is not anything... death is not... It's the absence of presence, nothing more... the endless time of never coming back... a gap you can't see, and when the wind blows through it, it makes not sound...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38412]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world, and of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63277]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The Church] sees that human life must be lived in the quite fearless recognition of this insecurity of relationship between ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6747]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The Church] sees that human life must be lived in the quite fearless recognition of this insecurity of relationship between one man and another. Now, once again may I ask you the question, Is the Church cruel when she points this out, and demands that men should see it and take account of it in all the arrangements of this life? Surely the cruelty lies with those who talk glibly about the brotherhood of man, and superficially about peace, and romantically about marriage, as though the disturbances in Church and state and family were introduced into human life by a few evil-minded men. This is the real cruelty. How will you face up later to your married life, to your administration of affairs, to your life in the Church, in fact to any real part of your lives, if you are taught to think that your neighbour will or ought to agree with you in all points, will accept your solutions of his problems, will in fact be a reflection of your image? Once we get this stuff and nonsense into our heads, we shall never be able to live with anyone or with any group of men. We shall sulk when we are crossed, or run away from the Other -- for Other they are. We shall certainly remove ourselves from the Church when we find it full of friction and yet proclaiming the love of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try, try again.  If at first you don't succeed,   Try, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59690]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try, try again.  If at first you don't succeed,   Try, try, try again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time undermines us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time undermines us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The days of rejoicing are gone forever. [Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45673]]></link><description><![CDATA[The days of rejoicing are gone forever. [Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dream is short, repentance long. [Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dream is short, repentance long. [Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the new arms race. Companies have become addicted to incentives and states have forgotten how to attract investment without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31271]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the new arms race. Companies have become addicted to incentives and states have forgotten how to attract investment without offering them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of deeds lies in completing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/314]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of deeds lies in completing them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not a Virginian but an American. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not a Virginian but an American.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wind moans, like a long wail from some despairing soul shut out in the awful storm! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61645]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wind moans, like a long wail from some despairing soul shut out in the awful storm!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We welcome news of the pope's arrival. It's a good thing -- it will promote good feelings among us all, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28332]]></link><description><![CDATA[We welcome news of the pope's arrival. It's a good thing -- it will promote good feelings among us all, ... After all, it's the pope. He's not just anybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304  It is not in the gifts He received but in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304  It is not in the gifts He received but in the virtues He practiced that Christ is our model. That which is asked of you, so that you may resemble Him, is to make the same use as He did of the gifts of God, according to the measure in which you have received them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46520]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The roads we take are more important than the goals we announce. Decisions determine destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The roads we take are more important than the goals we announce. Decisions determine destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd To be on earth the guardians of mankind:  Invisible to mortal eyes they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd To be on earth the guardians of mankind:  Invisible to mortal eyes they go,   And mark our actions, good or bad, below:    The immortal spies with watchful care preside,     And thrice ten thousand round their charges glide:      They can reward with glory or with gold,       A power they by Divine permission hold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot be anything if you want to be everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22114]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have cheveril consciences that will stretch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9788]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our sincere wish that the Northern Ireland institutions be restored as soon as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30123]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our sincere wish that the Northern Ireland institutions be restored as soon as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59979]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13384]]></link><description><![CDATA[All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit. [Lat., Abores serit diligens agricola, quarum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1949]]></link><description><![CDATA[The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit. [Lat., Abores serit diligens agricola, quarum adspiciet baccam ipse numquam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the shore.. one looksupward to the sanddune grass.. 10,000green brushes attemptingwhere they laidto paint the blue skyjade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3220]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the shore.. one looksupward to the sanddune grass.. 10,000green brushes attemptingwhere they laidto paint the blue skyjade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3220</guid></item></channel></rss>