Communists must be ready at all times to stand up for the truth, because truth is in the interests of the people; Communists must be ready at all times to correct their mistakes, because mistakes are against the interests of the people.

Deaths have benefits. They can fertilise the ground.

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

Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. They come from social practice, and from it alone; they come from three kinds of social practice, the struggle for production, the class struggle and scientific experiment.

Communists should set an example in study; at all times they should be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers.

If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance.

Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.