The people are like water and the army is like fish.

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

The most important thing is to be strong. With strength, one can conquer others, and to conquer others gives one virtue.

All counter-revolutionary wars are unjust, all revolutionary wars are just.

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

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.

There is great disorder in the heavens, and the situation is excellent.