It is quite possible that China may reach the stages of socialism and communism considerably later than your countries in the West which are so much more highly developed economically.

All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party.

Deaths have benefits. They can fertilise the ground.

Maybe you're afraid of sinking. Don't think about it. If you don't think about it, you won't sink. If you do, you will.

Civilize the mind but make savage the body.

All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

To Be Attacked by the Enemy Is Not a Bad Thing but a Good Thing.

In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.

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

Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.

A soul can create only when alone.

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself.

Why not rise from the grave and terrorize a little instead of staying buried and dead in the cemetery?

You can do anything, but not everything.

The belief that you have no choice but to keep suffering through whatever frightens you is like believing you have to hold onto a scalding cup so that you won't spill your coffee!

My ambition was always to be a perfect picture of an American.

Power is just so much part of the human being because power is survival. But I wonder if that is the best way to survive, by killing someone else.

You could live it up and be successful, but it wouldn't mean anything without love and friends. I could go broke and still be happy because love is all I need.

I write the kind of stuff I'd like to watch.