Some play the piano well and some badly and there is a great difference in the melodies they produce.

The main form of struggle is war; the main form of organization is the army... . Without armed struggle there would be no place for the proletariat, there will be no place for the people, there will be no place for the Communist Party, and there will be no victory in revolution.

Civilize the mind but make savage the body.

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

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.

The serious problem is the education of the peasantry. The peasant economy is scattered, and the socialization of agriculture, judging by the Soviet Union's experience, will require a long time and painstaking work. Without socialization of agriculture, there can be no complete, consolidated socialism.

Power comes from the muzzle of a gun, those that have the guns have the power, those that have the power dictate what type of government their shall be.