<?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[Play has been man's most useful preoccupation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play has been man's most useful preoccupation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever new, that man does not live by bread alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."N.B.: This quote refers to the British disarmament of the Indian Army. Gandhi never advocated the individual right to bear arms. - Gandhi, An Autobiography.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53426]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the peculiarities of the American Revolution was that its leaders pinned their hopes on the organization of decision-making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47139]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the peculiarities of the American Revolution was that its leaders pinned their hopes on the organization of decision-making units, the structuring of their incentives, and the counterbalancing of the units against one another, rather than on the more usual (and more exciting) principle of substituting "the good guys" for "the bad guys.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is blind,but marriage is an eye opener. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is blind,but marriage is an eye opener.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17529]]></link><description><![CDATA[In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were't not affection chains thy tender days To the sweet glances of thy honored love,  I rather would entreat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were't not affection chains thy tender days To the sweet glances of thy honored love,  I rather would entreat thy company   To see the wonders of the world abroad    Than, living dully sluggardized at home,     Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we've proposed is the result of many months of work and feedback from hundreds of people in San Diego ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37897]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we've proposed is the result of many months of work and feedback from hundreds of people in San Diego County.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bet your parents were proud of you, ... Even now, he has a bumper sticker on his truck showing off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bet your parents were proud of you, ... Even now, he has a bumper sticker on his truck showing off about collecting beer cans. Imagine. I have the beer can husband.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demons in act, but gods at least in face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Demons in act, but gods at least in face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46556]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56896]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou little bird, thou dweller by the sea, Why takest thou its melancholy voice,  And with that boding cry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou little bird, thou dweller by the sea, Why takest thou its melancholy voice,  And with that boding cry   Along the waves dost thou fly?    Oh! rather, bird, with me     Through this fair land rejoice!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity has no law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity has no law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display.  And let thy strength be seen:   But O, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16581]]></link><description><![CDATA[If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display.  And let thy strength be seen:   But O, if Fortune fill thy sail    With more than a propitious gale,     Take half thy canvas in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37986]]></link><description><![CDATA[All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoe'er has travel'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been,  May sigh to think he still has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoe'er has travel'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been,  May sigh to think he still has found   The warmest welcome, at an inn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This survey highlights the importance that brands play within many aspects of our lives, and reveals some interesting trends, such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28984]]></link><description><![CDATA[This survey highlights the importance that brands play within many aspects of our lives, and reveals some interesting trends, such as the dominance of technology and Internet-based brands. Companies that take a proactive approach to managing their brands are in a much better position to earn respect from their customers, as exemplified by the top-ranked brands on the list.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using a private contractor and outside advisory team will help expedite the process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Using a private contractor and outside advisory team will help expedite the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that thinks amiss, concludes worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49404]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4573]]></link><description><![CDATA[The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, "The medicines of the soul."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is more or less bunk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19331]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is more or less bunk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many other arguments, that the universe was certainly not created for us by divine power: it is so full of imperfectio]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't cheat the public for long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5821]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't cheat the public for long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscious and unconscious experiences do not belong to different compartments of the mind; they form a continuous scale of gradations, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscious and unconscious experiences do not belong to different compartments of the mind; they form a continuous scale of gradations, of degrees of awareness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52199]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10496]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many people regard prayer as a formalized routine of words, a refuge for weaklings, or a childish petition for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many people regard prayer as a formalized routine of words, a refuge for weaklings, or a childish petition for material things. We sadly undervalue prayer when we conceive it in these terms, just as we should underestimate rain by describing it as something that fills the birdbath in our garden. Properly understood, prayer is a mature activity indispensable to the fullest development of personality -- the ultimate integration of man's highest faculties. Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strengths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51610]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfortunately this earth is not. . . a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately this earth is not. . . a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the other be where he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the other be where he may.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44807]]></link><description><![CDATA['Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26679]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't return a favor, pass it on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22007]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't return a favor, pass it on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look! how he laughs and stretches out his arms, And opens wide his blue eyes upon thine,  To hail ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look! how he laughs and stretches out his arms, And opens wide his blue eyes upon thine,  To hail his father; while his little form   Flutters as winged with joy. Talk not of pain!    The childless cherubs well might envy thee     The pleasures of a parent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3626</guid></item></channel></rss>