Change 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... Mao Zedong 21
People The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. Mao Zedong 12
Leadership The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a... Mao Zedong 12
Perseverance In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training... Mao Zedong 15
Alone The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history. Mao Zedong 18
Art 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... Mao Zedong 13
