<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Mankind - 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 race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66884]]></link><description><![CDATA[The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63661]]></link><description><![CDATA[What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. -Mother Teresa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26331]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. -Mother Teresa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26324]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26325]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26327]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26328]]></link><description><![CDATA[While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prision, I am not free. -Eugene V Debs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless - each of us with his or her right upon the earth; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless - each of us with his or her right upon the earth; Each of us allowed the eternal purports of the earth; Each of us here as divinely as any is here. -Walt Whitman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26330]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. More mankind quotes coming soon. If you have a quote or proverb about mankind, please use the "Submit a Quote" form below to have your mankind quote reviewed by an editor. Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -John Donne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can be an ACE: Attitude + Commitment = Excellence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can be an ACE: Attitude + Commitment = Excellence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26320]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which is his soul; the key with which he opens the gate of the spiritual life, the heavenly kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26322]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which one is true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26316]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26317]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted - but his or her entertainment value]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment, the moment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26308]]></link><description><![CDATA[If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26310]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26311]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a piece of the universe made alive ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a piece of the universe made alive]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26305]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the cruelest animal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the cruelest animal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26307]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26303]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it is darkest, men see the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26301]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it is darkest, men see the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be our own before we can be another's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26298]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be our own before we can be another's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are wiser than we know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26299]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are wiser than we know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20671]]></link><description><![CDATA[How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19307]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17493]]></link><description><![CDATA[The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13411]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5476]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3983]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3583</guid></item></channel></rss>