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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36447]]></link><description><![CDATA[For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nice to witness these discoveries at first hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42536]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nice to witness these discoveries at first hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26877]]></link><description><![CDATA[All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10724]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembrances embellish life but forgetfulness alone makes it possible. [Fr., Les souvenirs embellissent la vie, l'oubli seul la rend possible.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remembrances embellish life but forgetfulness alone makes it possible. [Fr., Les souvenirs embellissent la vie, l'oubli seul la rend possible.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public have neither shame nor gratitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52483]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public have neither shame nor gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope costs nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope costs nothing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25164]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montana. It's everything Colorado thinks it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Montana. It's everything Colorado thinks it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796  God will not hold us responsible to understand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796  God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination, and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way to deal with these truths is to raise our eyes to God and in deepest reverence say, "0 Lord, Thou knowest." Those things belong to the deep and mysterious Profound of God's omniscience. Prying into them may make theologians, but it will never make saints.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end, But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?  Though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end, But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?  Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;   So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may outwit another, but not all the others. [Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11535]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may outwit another, but not all the others. [Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas plus fin que tous les autres.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature made the fields and man the cities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature made the fields and man the cities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a big deal for us all those corny things kids did in those days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33072]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a big deal for us all those corny things kids did in those days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really happy that I didn't see Capote until after we wrapped because I probably just would have been daunted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really happy that I didn't see Capote until after we wrapped because I probably just would have been daunted because he was so remarkable in that movie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10038]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very pleased at the improvement we've made. I am pleased at our direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28639]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very pleased at the improvement we've made. I am pleased at our direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9551]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373  Our thoughtful observer who is outside the Churches has done a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373  Our thoughtful observer who is outside the Churches has done a good deal of thinking on his own. The discoveries of modern physical and biological science, of astronomy, and of psychology, have profoundly influenced his conception of the "size" of God. If there be a Mind behind the immense complexities of the phenomena that man can observe, then it is that of a Being tremendous in His power and wisdom: it is emphatically not that of a little god. It is perfectly conceivable that such a Being has a moral purpose which is being worked out on the stage of this small planet. It is even possible to believe that such a God deliberately reduced Himself to the stature of humanity in order to visit the earth in Person, as all Christians affirm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This I ever held worse that all certitude,  To know not what the worst ahead might be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60021]]></link><description><![CDATA[This I ever held worse that all certitude,  To know not what the worst ahead might be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Above all, it is not necessary that we should have any unexpected, extraordinary experiences in meditation. This can happen, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Above all, it is not necessary that we should have any unexpected, extraordinary experiences in meditation. This can happen, but if it does not, it is not a sign that the meditation period has been useless. Not only at the beginning, but repeatedly, there will be times when we feel a great spiritual dryness and apathy, an aversion, even an inability to meditate. We dare not be balked by such experiences. Above all, we must not allow them to keep us from adhering to our meditation period with great patience and fidelity.  It is, therefore, not good for us to take too seriously the many untoward experiences we have with ourselves in meditation. It is here that our old vanity and our illicit claims upon God may creep in by a pious detour, as if it were our right to have nothing but elevating and fruitful experiences, and as if the discovery of our own inner poverty were quite beneath our dignity. With that attitude, we shall make no progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40267]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up to is great. I hope to be in their seats in future years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52075]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're a young couple just trying to survive anyway and then a storm comes and strips you of everything, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30926]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're a young couple just trying to survive anyway and then a storm comes and strips you of everything, you don't have much choice but to move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54637]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50869]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was only the third time we competed this free dance, but we felt calm and comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30055]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was only the third time we competed this free dance, but we felt calm and comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47312]]></link><description><![CDATA[While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of this matter is concerned; it was so botched up, I made so many bad judgments. The worst ones, mistakes of the heart, rather than the head. But let me say, a man in that top job - he's got to have a heart, but his head must always rule his heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Away with the cant of "Measures not men!"--the idle supposition that it is the harness and not the horses that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Away with the cant of "Measures not men!"--the idle supposition that it is the harness and not the horses that draw the chariot along. No Sir, if the comparison must be made, if the distinction must be taken, men are everything, measures comparatively nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52850]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune;  Oh, for a bee's experience   Of clovers and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3899]]></link><description><![CDATA[His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune;  Oh, for a bee's experience   Of clovers and of noon!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not an exact science, it is an art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not an exact science, it is an art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so practical as a good theory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47975]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so practical as a good theory]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liberal is a man who is right most of the time, but he's right too soon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24650]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liberal is a man who is right most of the time, but he's right too soon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vigny, more secretAs if in his tower of ivory, retired before noon."N.B.: Vigny refers to Comte de Vigny, who locked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vigny, more secretAs if in his tower of ivory, retired before noon."N.B.: Vigny refers to Comte de Vigny, who locked himself in an ivory tower to work without the influences of man and desire. - Pensees d'Aout.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59187]]></link><description><![CDATA[When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I know is what I read in the papers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44488]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I know is what I read in the papers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44488</guid></item></channel></rss>