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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent? [Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent? [Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother worked hard for a long time and now I work hard to make sure that she doesn't have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38884]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother worked hard for a long time and now I work hard to make sure that she doesn't have to work, ... It gives me something to push for and it keeps me humble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winged words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winged words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of our defencemen here in the first couple of games have been just outstanding, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of our defencemen here in the first couple of games have been just outstanding,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My delivery got out of hand a little. It's frustrating but I won't let it get to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30847]]></link><description><![CDATA[My delivery got out of hand a little. It's frustrating but I won't let it get to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do... Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think her overwhelming legacy is one of having made the office of Governor General visible and engaged in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38458]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think her overwhelming legacy is one of having made the office of Governor General visible and engaged in a way that it certainly hadn't been in at least a generation, if not more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796   The fall was simply this, that some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796   The fall was simply this, that some creature -- that is, something which is not God -- took His place with man; and man, trusting the creature more than God, walked in its light -- or darkness -- rather than in fellowship with God. Righteousness comes back when man by faith is brought to walk with God again, and to give Him His true place by acting or being acted upon in all things according to His will. Anything, therefore, not of faith is sin. And all such sin is bondage. Self-will is bondage, for self-will or independence of God means dependence on a creature; and we cannot be dependent on a creature, be it what it may, without (more or less) becoming subject to it. What has not been given up for money, or for some creature's love? But who has ever thus served the creature more than the Creator without waking at last to feel he is a bondman? I say nothing of the worse bondage which comes from our self-will, in the indulgence of our own thoughts, or passions, or affections. Even the very energies of faith, while, as yet unchastened, it acts from self, ... may only bring forth more bondage... Who but God can set men free? And He sets them free as they walk with Him. All independence of Him is darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5858]]></link><description><![CDATA[My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9492]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62253]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46189]]></link><description><![CDATA[No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ROME (This abridged paraphrase of the Epistle to the Romans is continued from yesterday)  That concludes the present stage of my argument; but before I can proceed to final deductions, I must return to a difficulty already raised (Rom. 3:1-4). If there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, does all the great past of Israel go for nothing? Do all the promises of Scripture go for nothing? First, let me say how bitterly I regret the exclusion of the Jewish nation as a body from the new life. I would surrender all my Christian privileges if I could find a way to bring them in. But we must recognize facts; and the first fact is that the nation as a whole never was able to claim the promises; from the beginning, there was a process of selection. Of the sons of Abraham, Isaac alone was called; of the sons of Isaac, Jacob only. If we ask why, there is no answer save that God is bound by no natural or historical necessity, but intervenes according to His will. To question that will is as absurd as for the pot to arraign the potter. Then again, while some members of the Hebrew race have always fallen out, always God has declared His purpose ultimately to include others, not members of the Hebrew race--and that is just what is now happening. Now, as I said, I desire nothing more earnestly than that the whole nation should be saved. But the fact is that they have deliberately rejected the chance that was offered them. There is nothing remote or abstruse about the Christian message. It is a very simple thing: acknowledge Jesus as Lord, and believe that He is alive; that is all. And they cannot say that they have never heard the message, for Christ has His witnesses everywhere. It looks, then, as if God had rejected His people, as punishment for their obstinacy. I do not believe it. God's promises cannot go for nothing. In the first place, there has always been, and there still is, a faithful remnant of the Jewish people. And in the second place, as for the main body, their present rejection of the message is only a means in God's Providence for its extension to the Gentiles. The old olive-tree of Israel stands yet; many of its branches have been lopped off, and new branches of wild olive have been engrafted in their place. But God can engraft the lopped branches on again, if it be His will; and I believe it is His will, and that in the end the whole nation will return to Him and inherit the promises. And if the failure of Israel has meant such blessing to the world, how much greater blessing will its ultimate salvation bring! God's purpose, as I said at the beginning (Rom. 1:16), is universal: He has permitted the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike, to fall under sin, only in order that He may finally have mercy on the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike. How profound and unsearchable are His plans! (Rom. 9:1-11:36)  So now I can take up again my main argument. If this is the way of God's dealing with us, what ought to be our response? Can we do less than offer our entire selves to God as a sacrifice of thanksgiving? How will that work out? In a life lived as by members of one single body. Let each perform his part faithfully. Let love rule all your relations one to another, and to those outside, even to your enemies. Do not regard the Emperor as outside the scope of love, but obey his laws and pay his taxes. Yes, and pay all debts to every one. Love is, in fact, the one comprehensive debt of man to man. If you love your neighbour as yourself, you have fulfilled the whole moral law. But be in earnest about things, for the better day is already dawning. (Rom. 12:1-13:14)  I hear you have differences among yourselves about Sabbath-keeping and vegetarianism. Take this matter, then, as an example of what I mean by the application of brotherly love to all conduct. Remember that the Sabbatarian and the anti-Sabbatarian, the vegetarian and the meat-eater, are alike servants of one Master. Give each other credit for the best motives. Do not think of yourself alone; think of your Christian brother, and try to put yourself in his place. If he seems to you a weak-minded, over-scrupulous individual, remember that in any case he is your brother, and that Christ died for him as well as for you, and reverence his conscience. If through your example he should do an act which is harmless in you but sin to him, you have injured his conscience. Is it worth while so to imperil a soul for the sake of your liberty in such external matters? If the other man is weak-minded, and you strong-minded, all the more reason why you should help to bear his burden. Remember, Christ did not please Himself. In a word, Sabbatarian and anti-Sabbatarian, Jew and Gentile, treat one another as Christ has treated you, and God be with you. (Rom. 14:1-15:13)  Well, friends, I hardly think you needed this long exhortation from me. You are intelligent Christians, and well able to give one another good advice. Still, I thought I might venture to remind you of a few points ; for after all, I do feel a measure of responsibility for you, as missionary to the Gentiles. I have now accomplished my mission as far West as the Adriatic. Now I am going to Jerusalem to hand over the relief fund we have raised in Greece. After that I hope to start work in the West, and I propose to set out for Spain and take Rome on my way. Pray for me, that my errand to Jerusalem may be successful, so that I may be free to visit you. (Rom. 15:14-33)  I wish to introduce to you our friend Phoebe. She renders admirable service to our congregation at Cenchrea. Do all you can for her; she deserves it.  Kind regards to Priscilla and Aquila, Epaenetus, Mary, and all friends in Rome.   (P.S.--Beware of folk who make mischief. Be wise; be gentle; and all good be with you.)  Timothy, Lucius, Jason, Sosipater, and all friends at Corinth send kind regards. (So do I--Tertius, amanuensis!)  Glory be to God!  With all good wishes,  Your brother,  PAUL, Missionary of Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best bred have the best portion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49799]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best bred have the best portion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is the father of invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is the father of invention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearthfor her magnetizes to your home those who love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearthfor her magnetizes to your home those who love every heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[peace for allwants Isabelle.. Iraq AfghanistanPalestine and Israel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4940]]></link><description><![CDATA[peace for allwants Isabelle.. Iraq AfghanistanPalestine and Israel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43578]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63702</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[Ghosts only exist for those who wish to see them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ghosts only exist for those who wish to see them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We also hope the media will also represent a kind of monitoring over these elections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34807]]></link><description><![CDATA[We also hope the media will also represent a kind of monitoring over these elections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. -Susan Sontag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. -Susan Sontag.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22011]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The God of Pharisaism was like the God of the Deists, He stood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The God of Pharisaism was like the God of the Deists, He stood aloof from the world He had made, and let law take its course. He did not here and now deal with sinful men. Paul lets us see how new and wonderful was the experience when God "flashed on his heart" in personal dealing with him. He had not suspected that God was like that. His theological studies had told him that God was loving and merciful; but he had thought this love and mercy were expressed once and for all in the arrangements He had made for Israel's blessedness... It was a new thing to be assured by an inward experience admitting of no further question that God loved him, and that the eternal mercy was a Father's free forgiveness of His erring child. This was the experience that Christ had brought him: he had seen the splendour of God's own love in the face of "the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." [Continued tomorrow].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace,  Secret joys and secret smiles,   Little pretty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace,  Secret joys and secret smiles,   Little pretty infant wiles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jove, thou regent of the skies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jove, thou regent of the skies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Y'ought to hyeah dat gal a-warblin' Robins, la'ks an' all dem things  Heish de mouffs an' hides dey faces ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Y'ought to hyeah dat gal a-warblin' Robins, la'ks an' all dem things  Heish de mouffs an' hides dey faces   When Malindy sings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing BellSouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is something you got to make in case you don't die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is something you got to make in case you don't die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas Eve A God must have a God for company. And lo! thou hast the Son-God to thy friend. Thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas Eve A God must have a God for company. And lo! thou hast the Son-God to thy friend. Thou honour'st his obedience, he thy law. Into thy secret life-will he doth see; Thou fold'st him round in live love perfectly--  One two, without beginning, without end; In love, life, strength, and truth, perfect without a flaw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As witnesses that the things were not done in a corner.   - Gen. Thomas Harrison, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54978]]></link><description><![CDATA[As witnesses that the things were not done in a corner.   - Gen. Thomas Harrison,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26220]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42073]]></link><description><![CDATA[A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was probably not as sharp as he normally is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32143]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was probably not as sharp as he normally is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her eye (I'm very fond of handsome eyes) Was large and dark, suppressing half its fire  Until she spoke, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her eye (I'm very fond of handsome eyes) Was large and dark, suppressing half its fire  Until she spoke, then through its soft disguise   Flash'd an expression more of pride than ire,    And love than either; and there would arise,     A something in them which was not desire,      But would have been, perhaps, but for the soul,       Which struggled through and chansten'd down the whole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There 's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55840]]></link><description><![CDATA[There 's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5578</guid></item></channel></rss>