<?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[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865  Let a man but separate himself from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865  Let a man but separate himself from all contingencies and from all works, and there will come over him in this state of emptiness a peace which is very great, lovely, and agreeable, and which is in itself no sin since it is part of our human nature. But when it is taken for a veritable possessing of God, or unity with God, then it is sin, for it is in reality nothing else than a state of thorough passivity and apathy untouched by the power from on high -- a purely negative state from which (if one in arrogance calls it divine) nothing follows but blindness, failure of understanding, and a disinclination to be governed by the rules of ordinary righteousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These elections ... will put an end to the era of dictatorship by one party or faction in decision-making in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28234]]></link><description><![CDATA[These elections ... will put an end to the era of dictatorship by one party or faction in decision-making in Palestinians political life. They will set the cornerstone for new nationalist institutions based on merit and probity ... and will establish a nation of law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the skillful direct it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45014]]></link><description><![CDATA[The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the skillful direct it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His conduct still right with his argument wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3051]]></link><description><![CDATA[His conduct still right with his argument wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59892]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was sixteen I was pretending to be Charlie Musselwhite. I had a long raincoat on, my hair slicked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32502]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was sixteen I was pretending to be Charlie Musselwhite. I had a long raincoat on, my hair slicked back, and the shades.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They earned the respect of North American players. They played gritty. They were winners. They made people around them better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32791]]></link><description><![CDATA[They earned the respect of North American players. They played gritty. They were winners. They made people around them better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11406]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Jesus used the term abba (which means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Jesus used the term abba (which means father or "daddy" in his Aramaic mother tongue), as an address in his prayers to God. There are no other examples of this usage in contemporary Judaism, but Jesus always addressed God in this way. The others perhaps regarded it as child's talk, a form of expression too disrespectful to be so used. But for Jesus, abba expressed the filial intimacy he felt toward his Father. As the divine Son of the Father, Jesus enjoyed a unique relationship with him, and his mission in the world consisted in opening up the blessings of sonship to those who believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's a jailhouse snitch who stole my client's stuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29212]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's a jailhouse snitch who stole my client's stuff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quarreling is like cutting water with a sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quarreling is like cutting water with a sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May, queen of blossoms, And fulfilling flowers,  With what pretty music   Shall we charm the hours?  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26627]]></link><description><![CDATA[May, queen of blossoms, And fulfilling flowers,  With what pretty music   Shall we charm the hours?    Wilt thou have pipe and reed,     Blown in the open mead?      Or to the lute give heed       In the green bowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent of the undertaking and the accomplishment of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23537]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent of the undertaking and the accomplishment of your wish? [Lat., Quid tam dextro pede concipis ut te conatus non poeniteat votique peracti?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it is hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59842]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it is hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We certainly understand parents' concerns, and we don't want to associate ourselves with promoting alcohol to youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32672]]></link><description><![CDATA[We certainly understand parents' concerns, and we don't want to associate ourselves with promoting alcohol to youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am his mistress. His work is his wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22205]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am his mistress. His work is his wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53846]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64634]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66172]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21626]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In fair weather prepare for foul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66255]]></link><description><![CDATA[In fair weather prepare for foul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63774]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some good lessons Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,  Without whom Venus will not long attack us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some good lessons Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,  Without whom Venus will not long attack us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shape of Things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Shape of Things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man finds he has been wrong at every preceding stage of his career, only to deduce the astonishing conclusion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62459]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man finds he has been wrong at every preceding stage of his career, only to deduce the astonishing conclusion that he is at last entirely right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everye white will have its blacke, And everye sweete its soure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everye white will have its blacke, And everye sweete its soure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You haven't lost your smile at all, it's right under your nose. You just forgot it was there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10903]]></link><description><![CDATA[You haven't lost your smile at all, it's right under your nose. You just forgot it was there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957  For the Platonic or Aristotelian philosophy it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957  For the Platonic or Aristotelian philosophy it is of no importance whether Plato or Aristotle ever lived. For the mystical practice of an Indian, Persian, Chinese, or Neo-Platonic mystic it is a matter of indifference whether Rama, Buddha, Laotse, or Porphyrius are myths or not. The mystic has no personal relation to them. It is not here a question of somebody telling me the truth which of myself I cannot find, but of my finding an access to the depths of the world in the depths of my soul. And everywhere the tendency is to eliminate personality. Even where religion does not have this mystical character, it has no relation to an historical person, who communicates himself to me. That is the characteristic essence of the Christian faith alone. Even where a prophet plays the role of a mediator of divine truth, as for example in Islam, the religious act is not directed toward him but toward his teaching or message. But the Christian does not believe in the teachings of Jesus -- which would not be Christian faith, but general religion -- he believes in Christ Himself as being the Word of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body yet endures ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body yet endures]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most precious things in speech are the pauses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most precious things in speech are the pauses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sundaies of man's life, Thredded together on time's string,  Make bracelets to adorn the wife   Of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54589]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Sundaies of man's life, Thredded together on time's string,  Make bracelets to adorn the wife   Of the eternal, glorious King.    On Sunday heaven's gates stand ope;     Blessings are plentiful and rife.      More plentiful than hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51645]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pilot of the Galilean Lake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6135]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Pilot of the Galilean Lake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65860]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Bhutan would stand out as a model, and Haiti is at the other end, ... And everybody else sort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35607]]></link><description><![CDATA[So Bhutan would stand out as a model, and Haiti is at the other end, ... And everybody else sort of falls in the middle somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have decided to make sure that we're cautious about how we're operating, and I have nothing to say further ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38364]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have decided to make sure that we're cautious about how we're operating, and I have nothing to say further than that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/83]]></link><description><![CDATA[Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/83</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2857]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought it was going to happen, we've been dreaming it for 32 years, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38514]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought it was going to happen, we've been dreaming it for 32 years,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belief in immortality for us does not depend on a story, however well attested, in an ancient book... No, here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belief in immortality for us does not depend on a story, however well attested, in an ancient book... No, here was a sequence of great character and emancipated spirit, all attached to and explained by such a personality as the world never saw; and the central doctrine of the risen Christ squared with the rationality and the goodness of God... The wise said that God and the godlike could have no contact with suffering, but Jesus was no phantom feigning to be crucified; he truly suffered on the cross, he truly rose. Suffering is a language all can understand, and none can quite exhaust; and the suffering Christ, victorious over pain and death, meant for all who grasped his significance a new faith in God, a new freedom of mind in God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no darkness but ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20375]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no darkness but ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a chance to sit and watch the press from the bench, so when I got the chance to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29738]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a chance to sit and watch the press from the bench, so when I got the chance to go in, I had an idea of what I could do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29738</guid></item></channel></rss>