Those experienced in work must take up the study of theory and must read seriously; only then will they be able to systematize and synthesize their experience and raise it to the level of theory, only then will they not mistake their partial experience for universal truth and not commit empiricist errors.

Let a hundred flowers bloom.

To Be Attacked by the Enemy Is Not a Bad Thing but a Good Thing.

...it is impossible for a genuine people's revolution in any country to win victory without various forms of help from the international revolutionary forces.

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.

What is work? Work is struggle. There are difficulties and problems in those places for us to overcome and solve. We go there to work and struggle to overcome these difficulties. A good comrade is one who is more eager to go where the difficulties are greater.

Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.