Mao Tse-Tung quotes and words of wisdom

"Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
Found in the topic Politics.

"Winds flap the sail, tortoise and snake are silent, a great plan looms. A bridge will fly over this moat dug by heaven and be a road from north to south. We will make a stone wall against the upper river to the west and hold back steamy clouds and rain of Wu peaks. Over tall chasms will be a calm lake, and if the goddess of these mountains is not dead she will marvel at the changed world. June 1956"
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"While swimming in the heavily polluted rivers of south China, despite the pleadings of his security guards and his physician, he would chide his companions if they began to panic in the water: 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."
Found in the topic Think.

"The Long March The Red Army is not afraid of hardship on the march, the long march. Ten thousand waters and a thousand mountains are nothing. The Five Sierras meander like small waves, the summits of Wumeng pour on the plain like balls of clay. Cliffs under clouds are warm and washed below by the River Gold Sand. Iron chains are cold, reaching over the Tatu River. The far snows of Minshan only make us happy and when the army pushes through, we all laugh. October 1935"
Found in the topic Army.

"Kunlun Mountain Over the earth the greenblue monster Kunlun who has seen all spring color and passion of men. Three million dragons of white jade soar and freeze the whole sky with snow. When a summer sun heats the globe rivers flood and men turn into fish and turtles. Who can judge a thousand years of accomplishments or failures?"
Found in the topic Judge.

Interesting Quotes

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.Andre Gide - French critic, essayist, & novelist (1869 - 1951)

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.Edward Kennedy