If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself.
MAO ZEDONGTo read too many books is harmful.
More Mao Zedong Quotes
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All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
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An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
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In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.
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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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In waking a tiger, use a long stick.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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All reactionaries are paper tigers.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
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There is in fact no such thing as art for art’s sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
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If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.
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