Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. Read Summary
We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view. Read Summary
To read too many books is harmful. Read Summary
In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance. Read Summary
In waking a tiger, use a long stick. Read Summary
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history. Read Summary
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically. Read Summary
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. Read Summary
The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. Read Summary
Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive. Read Summary
All reactionaries are paper tigers. Read Summary
There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants. Read Summary
The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea. Read Summary
Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy. Read Summary
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience. Read Summary
I voted for you during your last election. Read Summary
War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun. Read Summary
Learn from the masses, and then teach them. Read Summary
The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it. Read Summary
We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting. Read Summary