Some play the piano well and some badly and there is a great difference in the melodies they produce.

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.

Deep down, nature is inherently peaceful, calm and beautiful. The universe as a whole is perfect. The chaos is on the surface.

I tried body surfing once, but how often do you find a corpse?

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

Faith is having a positive attitude about what you can do and not worrying at all about what you can't do.

Writings may be compared to wine. Sense is the strength, but wit the flavor.

In a sense, a hit belongs to the person who made it popular, but if a tune is good enough to attain tremendous success, then it certainly deserves more than one version, one treatment, one approach.

No failure means no risk, which means nothing new

Be it human or animal, touch is a life-giving thing. Has anyone ever had a stroke or a heart attack while cozied up with a pet? I doubt it.

The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.

I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.