<?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[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   This matter of "salvation" is, when seen intuitively, a very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   This matter of "salvation" is, when seen intuitively, a very simple thing. But when we analyze it, it turns into a complex tangle of paradoxes. We become ourselves by dying to ourselves. We gain only what we give up, and if we give up everything we gain everything. We cannot find ourselves within ourselves, but only in others; yet at the same time, before we can go out to others we must first find ourselves. We must forget ourselves in order to become truly conscious of who we are. The best way to love ourselves is to love others; yet we cannot love others unless we love ourselves, since it is written, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." But if we love ourselves in the wrong way, we become incapable of loving anybody else. And indeed when we love ourselves wrongly, we hate ourselves; if we hate ourselves we cannot help hating others. Yet there is a sense in which we must hate others and leave them in order to find God... As for this finding of God, we cannot even look for Him unless we have already found Him, and we cannot find Him unless He has first found us. We cannot begin to seek Him without a special gift of His grace; yet if we wait for grace to move us before beginning to seek Him, we will probably never begin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; But a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56653]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; But a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, Overflows, and bubbles all around]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind's frigidity: frozen steel, dark rage, morbidity. Cold fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17008]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind's frigidity: frozen steel, dark rage, morbidity. Cold fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not donut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not donut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28300]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue  Of him that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23243]]></link><description><![CDATA[A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue  Of him that makes it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jove, thou regent of the skies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jove, thou regent of the skies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49002]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are looking for more university partners in Iowa City to provide our graduates with more options. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37624]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are looking for more university partners in Iowa City to provide our graduates with more options.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44710]]></link><description><![CDATA[A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately, they're all in the same position. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, they're all in the same position.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blond in a red dress can do without introductions --but not without a bodyguard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17517]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blond in a red dress can do without introductions --but not without a bodyguard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26653]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've said it all season and it's getting old. When Joe's not in there, we have to have somebody step ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38278]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've said it all season and it's getting old. When Joe's not in there, we have to have somebody step up for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blindness Hatred is blind, as well as love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blindness Hatred is blind, as well as love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When asked what wines he liked to drink he replied, "That which belongs to another."   - Laertius Diogenes, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61681]]></link><description><![CDATA[When asked what wines he liked to drink he replied, "That which belongs to another."   - Laertius Diogenes,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mild arch of promise! on the evening sky Thou shinest fair with many a lovely ray,  Each in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mild arch of promise! on the evening sky Thou shinest fair with many a lovely ray,  Each in the south melting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24708]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of creativity is cynicism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10954]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of creativity is cynicism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou's such a great player, that if I can help make him better, I feel like I'm contributing to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lou's such a great player, that if I can help make him better, I feel like I'm contributing to the team. I'm trying to push the other guys, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet, And left to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet, And left to Heaven the rest. -John V. Cheney.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our similarities are different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our similarities are different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18315]]></link><description><![CDATA[My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26219]]></link><description><![CDATA[We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is the perfect poet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46815]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is the perfect poet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of fate in grounds of tea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of fate in grounds of tea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was "You'll never find anyone like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was "You'll never find anyone like me again!" I'm thinking, "I should hope not! If I don't want you, why would I want someone like you."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hours fly, Flowers die.  New days,   New ways,    Pass by.     ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hours fly, Flowers die.  New days,   New ways,    Pass by.     Love stays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5002]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush said today he is being stalked. He said wherever he goes, people are following him. Finally, someone told him, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bush said today he is being stalked. He said wherever he goes, people are following him. Finally, someone told him, 'Psst. That's the Secret Service.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we did get the general sense that they were either shutting down, facing a major downsizing in operations, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33468]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we did get the general sense that they were either shutting down, facing a major downsizing in operations, or being consolidated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fact: Girls who are having a good sex thing stay in New York. The rest want to spend their summer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fact: Girls who are having a good sex thing stay in New York. The rest want to spend their summer vacations in Europe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65785]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth will come to sight; murder cannot be hid long. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth will come to sight; murder cannot be hid long. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  Though natural men, who have induced secondary and figurative consideration, have found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  Though natural men, who have induced secondary and figurative consideration, have found out this... emblematical use of sleep, that it should be a representation of death, God, who wrought and perfected his work, before Nature began, (for Nature was but his Apprentice, to learn in the first seven days, and now is his foreman, and works next under him) God, I say, intended sleep only for the refreshing of man by bodily rest, and not for a figure of death, for he intended not death itself then. But Man having induced death upon himself, God hath taken Man's Creature, death, into his hand, and mended it, and whereas it hath in itself a fearfull form and aspect, so that Man is afraid of his own Creature, God presents it to him, in a familiar, in an assiduous, in an agreeable and acceptable form, in sleep, that so when he awakes from sleep and says to himself, shall I be no otherwise when I am dead, than I was even now, when I was asleep, he may be ashamed of his waking dreams, and of his Melancholique fancying out a horrid and an affrightful figure of that death which is so like sleep. As then we need sleep to live out our threescore and ten years, so we need death, to live that life which we cannot out-live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the same news after I was elected [in June] and quite frankly I laughed at it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41325]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the same news after I was elected [in June] and quite frankly I laughed at it,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other than that, there isn't much movement in the market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other than that, there isn't much movement in the market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30236]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that about a lot of my films in that they are often about people who are brought to the point of zero in the beginning of the film.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30236</guid></item></channel></rss>