A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. It cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle….

People who try to commit suicide - don't attempt to save them! . . . China is such a populous nation, it is not as if we cannot do without a few peop….

Take the ideas of the masses (scattered and unsystematic ideas) and concentrate them (through study turn them into concentrated and systematic ideas)….

Communism has nothing to do with love. Communism is an excellent hammer which we use to destroy our enemy..

The correctness of any of our policies has always to be tested and is always being tested by the masses themselves. We ourselves constantly examine o….

To read too many books is harmful..

Whoever sides with the revolutionary people is a revolutionary. Whoever sides with imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat-capitalism is a counter-revo….

We should encourage comrades to take the interests of the whole into account. Every Party member, every branch of work, every statement and every act….

To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it..

Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution..

We must have faith, first, that the peasant masses are ready to advance step by step along the road of socialism under the leadership of the Party, a….

Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance..

When guerillas engage a stronger enemy, they withdraw when he advances, harass him when he stops, strike him when he is weary, pursue him when he wit….

The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship..

Communists should be the most farsighted, the most self-sacrificing, the most resolute, and the least prejudiced in sizing up situations, and should ….

At certain times in the revolutionary struggle, the difficulties outweigh the favorable conditions and so constitute the principal aspect of the cont….

In waking a tiger, use a long stick..

Communists must never separate themselves from the majority of the people or neglect them by leading only a few progressive contingents in an isolate….

Communists should set an example in being practical as well as far-sighted. For only by being practical can they fulfil the appointed tasks, and only….

What is basic guerilla strategy? Guerilla strategy must be based primarily on alertness, mobility, and attack. It must be adjusted to the enemy situa….

I am alone with the masses..