<?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[The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake beneath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have this running quandary about Christmas. I get upset about it, because I feel that we American Christians make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7997]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have this running quandary about Christmas. I get upset about it, because I feel that we American Christians make too much of it, and too little. Too little of it, because we pile all sorts of other things onto it, including some that have only the feeblest connection with the Event it is supposed to commemorate. If God did become a man, in any real sense, it is the most important thing that ever happened. Surely we, who believe it, could well devote one day a year to uninterrupted contemplation of the fact, and let Saturnalia fall on the winter solstice, where it belongs.   On the other hand, we make so much of the actual birth, and forget the things that make it more than just the birth of a baby (though even that is, in Walt Whitman's phrase, "miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels") -- more, even, than the birth of the greatest man who ever lived. We forget the promise to Eve of a descendant who will solve the problem of Evil; the promise to Abraham of one by whom all mankind will be blessed; the promise to Moses of a greater prophet than he, to arise from his people; and the promise to David of a Son who would be his Master. We forget about the eternal Purpose behind it all: it's like telling a story and leaving out the point. Yes, it is true that God gave us His Son, and so maybe we ought also to give gifts -- but what, and to whom? It is also true that God gave us Himself, and the only sensible response to that is to give ourselves to Him. There is nothing else that He wants from us, or, if there is something, He can take it. Only I, my ego, my heart, is truly mine to give or to withhold -- and is therefore the appropriate gift to Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28763]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's Hollywood to me and it would mean nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth's 3-pointers broke the game open. She's been doing that for the last week or so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth's 3-pointers broke the game open. She's been doing that for the last week or so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We also listen to PJ Harvey; a lot of driving music. You need something a little more relaxing in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30696]]></link><description><![CDATA[We also listen to PJ Harvey; a lot of driving music. You need something a little more relaxing in the car.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For where is any author in the world Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye? Learning is but an adjunct ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55494]]></link><description><![CDATA[For where is any author in the world Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye? Learning is but an adjunct to ourself. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think that there's at least an interesting discussion to have in the industry as to whether or not there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30652]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think that there's at least an interesting discussion to have in the industry as to whether or not there is a need to have this higher operating authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are the times that try men's souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10711]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are the times that try men's souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who receives this Word, and by it salvation, receives along with it the duty of passing this Word on... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6463]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who receives this Word, and by it salvation, receives along with it the duty of passing this Word on... Where there is no mission, there is no Church, and where there is neither Church nor mission, there is no faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something we already have. It is a search for a final and irrefutable demonstration that our absolute truth is indeed the one and only truth. The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's crazy and it just got crazier, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37654]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's crazy and it just got crazier,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5455]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This world crisis came about without women having anything to do with it. If the women of the world had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65109]]></link><description><![CDATA[This world crisis came about without women having anything to do with it. If the women of the world had not been excluded from world affairs, things today might have been different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill, And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26690]]></link><description><![CDATA[So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill, And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicine for the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Medicine for the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're going to see a rate increase at the end of March and another one at the end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're going to see a rate increase at the end of March and another one at the end of May to bring us up to 5 percent. Then I think the Federal Reserve will step back for a while to smell the roses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who then is sane? He who is not a fool. [Lat., Quisnam igitur sanus? Qui non stultus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who then is sane? He who is not a fool. [Lat., Quisnam igitur sanus? Qui non stultus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to havemore things, or more money, in order to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to havemore things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want to theywill be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must firstbe who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have whatyou want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30690]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18891]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing endures but change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing endures but change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16983]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you are alive, it isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you are alive, it isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10108]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12471]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then in town let me live, and in town let me die For I own I can't relish the country, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then in town let me live, and in town let me die For I own I can't relish the country, not I.  If I must have a villa in summer to dwell,   Oh give me the sweet shady side of Pall Mall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea is to help people optimize their ability to reduce body fat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea is to help people optimize their ability to reduce body fat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16394]]></link><description><![CDATA[On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our wanton accidents take root, and grow To vaunt themselves God's laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our wanton accidents take root, and grow To vaunt themselves God's laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's for another day. The question of whether I can get there is different than the question of whether I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42423]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's for another day. The question of whether I can get there is different than the question of whether I will be allowed to get there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be so humble--you are not that great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be so humble--you are not that great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think the constitution will make or break Iraq. What will make or break Iraq is the coalition of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34948]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think the constitution will make or break Iraq. What will make or break Iraq is the coalition of this national will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They typically had a game plan in mind. A lot of them are still hesitating. Until they really see it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35327]]></link><description><![CDATA[They typically had a game plan in mind. A lot of them are still hesitating. Until they really see it starting to move up significantly, it's very difficult for them psychologically to move away from that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25916]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Love is in the giver, not the gift. He told me that once he forgot himself and opened up like a door with a loose latch and everything fell out and he tried for days to put it all back in the proper order, but he finally gave up and left if there in a pile and loved everything equally. thanks to a subscriber!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60342]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek first to understand and then to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek first to understand and then to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The music is great and it's a great political satire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39229]]></link><description><![CDATA[The music is great and it's a great political satire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39229</guid></item></channel></rss>