<?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[Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth  The vice I am talking about is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth  The vice I am talking about is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility. You may remember, when I was talking about sexual morality, I warned you that the centre of Christian morals did not lie there. Well, now we have come to the centre. According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea-bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more reason, the less government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53118]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more reason, the less government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Clouds consign their treasures to the fields; And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool  Prelusive drops, let all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Clouds consign their treasures to the fields; And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool  Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow   In large effusion, o'er the freshen'd world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore always represented as blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore always represented as blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7085]]></link><description><![CDATA[God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke a Book and lives in His spoken words, constantly speaking His words and causing the power of them to persist across the years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50362]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326    If I now want to add something of my own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326    If I now want to add something of my own (i.e., inner assurances) to this faith, if this great and glorious faith is defective and saves me not till I can add my own sense and my own feeling to it at such a time or place, is not this saying in the plainest manner that faith alone cannot justify me? ... All I would say of these inward delights and enjoyments is this: they are not holiness, they are not piety, they are not perfection, but they are God's gracious allurements and calls to seek after holiness and spiritual perfection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force...When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force...When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life...When we listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other...and it is this little creative fountain inside us that begins to spring and cast up new thoughts and unexpected laughter and wisdom. ...Well, it is when people really listen to us, with quiet facinated attention, that the little fountain begins to work again, to accelerate in the most surprising way. -Brenda Ueland.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is a sacred communion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is a sacred communion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56751]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65684]]></link><description><![CDATA[A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50736]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could have begged. They made it obvious to me that if I wanted to come back and be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38553]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could have begged. They made it obvious to me that if I wanted to come back and be a good boy... but I'd rather be in Roots than Good Times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial. [Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial. [Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad excuses are worse than none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad excuses are worse than none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vote for the man who promises least--he'll be the least disappointing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vote for the man who promises least--he'll be the least disappointing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd, That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54804]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd, That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a solemn luxury in grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18338]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a solemn luxury in grief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes begging. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes begging.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm impressed with the innovation of the students. They seem to always impress me with their understanding of scientific principles. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40280]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm impressed with the innovation of the students. They seem to always impress me with their understanding of scientific principles. There is a general love of science and discovery here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But most of the Gentiles were ignorant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42041]]></link><description><![CDATA[But most of the Gentiles were ignorant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the power to do so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the power to do so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high position. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high position.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin is geographical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin is geographical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16023]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basketball was my favorite. Probably because I was better at it. It came more naturally for me than the other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basketball was my favorite. Probably because I was better at it. It came more naturally for me than the other sports.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wasn't my goal to come in here and turn everything around because they have had some success. With a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38086]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wasn't my goal to come in here and turn everything around because they have had some success. With a lot of things, if it's not broke I am not trying to fix it. There are a lot of things that last year they did very well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The comic, more than the tragic, because it ignites hope, leads to more, not less, participation in the struggle for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The comic, more than the tragic, because it ignites hope, leads to more, not less, participation in the struggle for a just world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house is a castle which the King cannot enter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19620]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house is a castle which the King cannot enter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58354]]></link><description><![CDATA[The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moon has set In a bank of jet  That fringes the Western sky,   The pleiads seven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56521]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moon has set In a bank of jet  That fringes the Western sky,   The pleiads seven    Have sunk from heaven     And the midnight hurries by;      My hopes are flown       And, alas! alone        On my weary couch I lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. [Lat., Suave mari ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42809]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. [Lat., Suave mari magno, turbantibus aequora ventis  E terra magnum alterius spectare laborum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then on the grounde Togyder rounde  With manye a sadde stroke,   They roll and rumble,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then on the grounde Togyder rounde  With manye a sadde stroke,   They roll and rumble,    They turne and tumble,     As pigges do in a poke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told OEMs that if they were going to put a bunch of icons on the desktop, then so were we.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61372]]></link><description><![CDATA[That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without haste, but without rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without haste, but without rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54007</guid></item></channel></rss>