There is in guerrilla warfare no such thing as a decisive battle; there is nothing comparable to the fixed, passive defense that characterizes orthodox war.

In waking a tiger, use a long stick.

Our attitude towards ourselves should be 'to be satiable in learning' and towards others 'to be tireless in teaching.

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it.

The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue

There is turmoil under the heavens. The prospects are excellent.

The Red Army is like a furnace in which all captured soldiers are melted down and transformed the moment they come over.