<?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[Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something has gone wrong with taking this young man out of the Dominican Republic. I'm frustrated, I'm angry, I'm sad. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something has gone wrong with taking this young man out of the Dominican Republic. I'm frustrated, I'm angry, I'm sad. Somehow, I feel partly responsible, you know?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  The more vigor you need, the more gentleness and kindness you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  The more vigor you need, the more gentleness and kindness you must combine with it. All stiff, harsh goodness is contrary to Jesus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love fools experiments. I am always making them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love fools experiments. I am always making them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11065]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People change, not necessarily in negative ways. Sometimes goals and intentions in life aren't aligned. It's just choices we make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22945]]></link><description><![CDATA[People change, not necessarily in negative ways. Sometimes goals and intentions in life aren't aligned. It's just choices we make in life. Otherwise, why aren't we with the person we were with in seventh grade?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes,--rather plunge me back in pagan night, And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,  Than be the Christian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes,--rather plunge me back in pagan night, And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,  Than be the Christian of a faith like this,   Which builds on heavenly cant its earthly sway,    And in a convert mourns to lose a prey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we need to drain the water, we will do it at a point where demand for electricity is low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32820]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we need to drain the water, we will do it at a point where demand for electricity is low.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poor lone woman. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55919]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poor lone woman. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physicians mend or end us; but though in health we sneer; when sick we call them to attend us, without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physicians mend or end us; but though in health we sneer; when sick we call them to attend us, without the least propensity to jeer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love that men like to look at women, that they love sports, that they need to know the inner ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40243]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love that men like to look at women, that they love sports, that they need to know the inner workings of mechanical objects. I love the whole makeup of men - that they never mature and are always just boys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil be to him who evil thinks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil be to him who evil thinks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will draw the curtain and show you the picture. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55739]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will draw the curtain and show you the picture. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speculation has picked up in Western Canada, while housing markets in Central Canada appear to be coming in for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speculation has picked up in Western Canada, while housing markets in Central Canada appear to be coming in for a soft landing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That genre of music is one that anybody can at the very least tolerate and enjoy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36845]]></link><description><![CDATA[That genre of music is one that anybody can at the very least tolerate and enjoy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts have been understood. Nothing is as real as a healthy dose of magic which restores our spirits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it a fact -- or have I dreamt it -- that, by means of electricity, the world of matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it a fact -- or have I dreamt it -- that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22181]]></link><description><![CDATA[America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separatedfrom right living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21968]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separatedfrom right living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38588]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49847]]></link><description><![CDATA[The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58959]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot wait to tell Captain America's story. It's a doozy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29748]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot wait to tell Captain America's story. It's a doozy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19386]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27000]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63323]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17926]]></link><description><![CDATA[None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone round the Christ]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the dark a glimmering light is often sufficient for the pilot to find the polar star and to fix ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25060]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the dark a glimmering light is often sufficient for the pilot to find the polar star and to fix his course. [It., Fra l' ombre un lampo solo  Basta al nocchier fugace   Che gia ritrova il polo,    Gia riconosce il mar.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25060</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[Who will not mercie unto others show, How can he mercie ever hope to have? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will not mercie unto others show, How can he mercie ever hope to have?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46621]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So I am incredibly worried tonight about him and his safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40065]]></link><description><![CDATA[So I am incredibly worried tonight about him and his safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No seat is more than eight seats from the stage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35641]]></link><description><![CDATA[No seat is more than eight seats from the stage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne    Certain brief sentences ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52879]]></link><description><![CDATA[I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne    Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. •Jean Rostand    I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder I work, the luckier I get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder I work, the luckier I get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of members resigned from the club, and we were concerned the club wouldn't keep going. We bought their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36431]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of members resigned from the club, and we were concerned the club wouldn't keep going. We bought their stock to keep it going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jake did a great job. Two runs, we'll take that most days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jake did a great job. Two runs, we'll take that most days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have to be honest, it was kind of a 50-50 decision at the time because I was looking forward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39347]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have to be honest, it was kind of a 50-50 decision at the time because I was looking forward to signing a contract, but wanted to be as sure as I could that we would be back in the Premiership,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52755]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54717</guid></item></channel></rss>