Glorious wisdom of Chairman MAO

What is work? Work is struggle.

We shouldn’t read too many books. We should read Marxist books, but not too many of them either.

I don’t believe that men alone are capable of having two hands. Can’t horses, cows, sheep evolve? Can only monkeys evolve?

Emperor Wu of the Liang dynasty did pretty well in his early years, but afterwards he read many books, and didn’t make out so well anymore. He died of hunger in T’ai Ch’eng. It is evident that to read too many books is harmful.

The principle of preserving oneself and destroying the enemy is the basis of all military principles.

It is not true that everything is good. But neither is it true that everything is bad.

We should support whatever the enemy opposes and oppose whatever the enemy supports.

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

It is difficult to do good all one’s life and never do anything bad.