<?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[The more a man hath unity and simplicity in himself, the more things and the deeper things he understandeth; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more a man hath unity and simplicity in himself, the more things and the deeper things he understandeth; and that without labour, because he receiveth the light of understanding from above. The spirit which is pure, sincere and steadfast, is not distracted though it hath many works to do, because it doth all things to the honour of God, and striveth to be free from all thoughts of self-seeking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49351]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24498]]></link><description><![CDATA[God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn in any other way. The way we learn those lessons is not to deny the feelings but to find the meanings underlying them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189   Some there are who presume so far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189   Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves capable of measuring the whole nature of things by their intellect, in that they esteem all things true which they see, and false which they see not. Accordingly, in order that man's mind might be freed from this presumption, and seek the truth humbly, it was necessary that certain things far surpassing his intellect should be proposed to man by God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   Pain is a kindly, hopeful thing, a certain proof of life, a clear assurance that all is not yet over, that there is still a chance. But if your heart has no pain -- well, that may betoken health, as you suppose: but are you certain that it does not mean that your soul is dead?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3943]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a play. It's not its length, but its performance that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a play. It's not its length, but its performance that counts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nuts, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34496]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nuts,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To persevere In obstinate condolement is a course  Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51246]]></link><description><![CDATA[To persevere In obstinate condolement is a course  Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25704]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details and excellence will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details and excellence will come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are one people and will act as one. [Ger., Wir sind ein Volk, und einig wollen wir handeln.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60144]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are one people and will act as one. [Ger., Wir sind ein Volk, und einig wollen wir handeln.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty won't allow him to lift up his head; dignity won't allow him to bow it down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty won't allow him to lift up his head; dignity won't allow him to bow it down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were pounding on me, but that's nothing new. I've come to expect it every game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39211]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were pounding on me, but that's nothing new. I've come to expect it every game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just sad. It's real unfortunate. Now I'm at the stage where I'm mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31842]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just sad. It's real unfortunate. Now I'm at the stage where I'm mad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49364]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8689]]></link><description><![CDATA[The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more references in the Koran thanthe Bible to Mary, the mother of Jesus.-Julia W-. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16728]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more references in the Koran thanthe Bible to Mary, the mother of Jesus.-Julia W-.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20331]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't control what you can't measure ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26646]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't control what you can't measure]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is our great need, to be more like Christ, that His likeness may be seen in our lives; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7196]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is our great need, to be more like Christ, that His likeness may be seen in our lives; and this is just what is promised to us as we yield ourselves in full surrender to the working of His Spirit. Then, as we draw nearer to Christ, we shall be drawn nearer to His people; and in our search for unity with the members we shall be drawn closer to the Head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52001]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18053]]></link><description><![CDATA[The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find the doctors and the sages Have differ'd in all climes and ages,  And two in fifty scarce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43106]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find the doctors and the sages Have differ'd in all climes and ages,  And two in fifty scarce agree   On what is pure morality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known,  Happy field or mossy cavern,   Choicer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known,  Happy field or mossy cavern,   Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10487]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no one thing that is true. They're all true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65891]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no one thing that is true. They're all true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you command wisely, you\'ll be obeyed cheerfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66737]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you command wisely, you\'ll be obeyed cheerfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is in St. Paul's definite, soul-stirring assertion of the wrath of God and the reality of the judgment at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7675]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is in St. Paul's definite, soul-stirring assertion of the wrath of God and the reality of the judgment at hand, a truth more profound than any that underlies our somewhat enfeebled ideas of universal benevolence and the determined progress of the race. There is something more true in his denunciation of idolatry as sin than in our denial that it is possible for a man to worship an idol, or in our suggestion that all idolatry is only a road to spiritual worship of the one true God... One day, I think, we shall return to these stern doctrines, realizing in them a truth more profound than we now know, and then we shall preach them with conviction, and, being convinced ourselves, we shall convince others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great as the preparations were for the dinner, everything was so contrived that not a soul in the house should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great as the preparations were for the dinner, everything was so contrived that not a soul in the house should be kept from the morning service of Thanksgiving in the church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66227]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65987]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you go to the museum in Sacramento today there are three people they recognize as founders of California and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42335]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you go to the museum in Sacramento today there are three people they recognize as founders of California and Henry Miller is one of them. We are very proud of that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44913]]></link><description><![CDATA[An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's a very conservative person and has exceedingly good judgment. Usually, she's telling me, 'Don't do this! Mistake.' And this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37098]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's a very conservative person and has exceedingly good judgment. Usually, she's telling me, 'Don't do this! Mistake.' And this time, she said, 'I really think you should write this book, whether he wants you to or not.' To me, this was amazing. And she was right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, "There's a star." The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, "There's a star." The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, "Superstar." I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10546]]></link><description><![CDATA[We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shall look forward to a pleasant time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shall look forward to a pleasant time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. [Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46696]]></link><description><![CDATA[In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. [Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17088]]></link><description><![CDATA[What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12736]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Some people want to see God with their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love their cow -- for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not rightly love God, when they love Him for their own advantage. Indeed, I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huzzaed out of my seven senses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Huzzaed out of my seven senses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are pleased to partner with Destiny Health. It's refreshing to find a health insurance company that shares our commitment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38989]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are pleased to partner with Destiny Health. It's refreshing to find a health insurance company that shares our commitment to enhancing the health and wellness of the greater D.C. area and we feel the Vitality program is a great, motivational complement to our premier services and facilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38989</guid></item></channel></rss>