Some people have read a few Marxist books and think themselves quite learned but what they have read has not penetrated, has not struck root in their….

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in….

The main form of struggle is war; the main form of organization is the army... . Without armed struggle there would be no place for the proletariat, ….

Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive..

In the struggle to defend the legacy of Leninism . . . [Stalin] proved himself to be an outstanding Marxist-Leninist fighter. . . . Stalin's works sh….

. . . dogma is less useful than cow dung. One can make whatever one likes out of it, even revisionism. . . ..

Once all struggles are grasped, miracles are possible..

Capture of Nanking Rain and a windstorm rage blue and yellow over Chung the bell mountain as a million peerless troops cross the Great River. The pea….

It's always darkest before it becomes totally black..

Without an army for the people, there is nothing for the people..

Let one thousand flowers bloom..

You have never suffered-how can you be a leftist?.

In transforming backward agricultural China into an advanced industrialized country, we are confronted with arduous tasks and our experience is far f….

All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience..

To win countrywide victory is only the first step in a long march of ten thousand li.... The Chinese revolution is great, but the road after the revo….

...the evil system of colonialism and imperialism arose and throve with the enslavement of Negroes and the trade in Negroes, and it will surely come ….

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it..

In times of difficulty we must not lose sight of our achievements, must see the bright future and must pluck up our courage..

"Don't you want to abolish state power?" Yes, we do, but not right now. We cannot do it yet. Why? Because imperialism still exists, because domestic ….

A revolution does not march a straight line. It wanders where it can, retreats before superior forces, advances wherever it has room, attacks wheneve….

Learn to swim. It is a sport all the peasants can play..