War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
Mao Zedong

An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
Mao Zedong

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
Mao Zedong

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
Mao Zedong

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.
Mao Zedong

To read too many books is harmful.
Mao Zedong

Let a hundred flowers bloom.
Mao Zedong