Mao Zedong

“To be attacked by the enemy is not a bad thing but a good thing.”

“To read too many books is harmful.”

“To read too many books is harmful.”

“The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.”

“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.”

“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.”

“The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.”

“Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.”

“Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.”

“In waking a tiger, use a long stick.”

“Women hold up half the sky.”

“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”

“Let a hundred flowers blossom; let a hundred schools of thought contend.”

“All reactionaries are paper tigers.”

“All reactionaries are paper tigers.”

“Serve the people.”

“Let a hundred flowers blossom; let a hundred schools of thought contend.”

“A single spark can start a prairie fire.”

“Women hold up half the sky.”

“Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth.”