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Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#empty #head #legs #sharp #swollen

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#bottom #different #different view #entirely #frog

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

#direct #direct experience #eating #experience #genuine

Women hold up half the sky. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#half #hold #sky #up

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

— Mao Zedong

#cannot #culture #defeat #enemy #without

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

— Mao Zedong

#force #history #making #motive #people

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#crush #enemy #hammer #love #use

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#despise #enemy #him #seriously #strategically

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

— Mao Zedong

#difficulties #lose #must #our #sight

To read too many books is harmful. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#harmful #many #read #too