In Chinese love stories the one who loves always starts by borrowing a book from the beloved.
To Be Attacked by the Enemy Is Not a Bad Thing but a Good Thing.
We must have faith, first, that the peasant masses are ready to advance step by step along the road of socialism under the leadership of the Party, and second, that the Party is capable of leading the peasants along this road. These two points are the essence of the matter, the main current.
It's always darkest before it becomes totally black.
At no time and in no circumstances should a Communist place his personal interests first; he should subordinate them to the interests of the nation and of the masses. Hence, selfishness, slacking, corruption, seeking the limelight, and so on, are most contemptible, while selflessness, working with all one's energy, whole-hearted devotion to public duty, and quiet hard work will command respect.
Look at World War II, at Hitler's cruelty. The more cruelty, the more enthusiasm for revolution.
If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.
Applied mathematics will always need pure mathematics just as anteaters will always need ants.
It's very hard in our adversarial society to find a third view. Take journalism, where everything is always presented as one person against another: "Now we're going to hear the opposing view. " There is never a third view.
Whenever you do something without asking yourself, "Why am I doing this?"-that is meaningless life. . . . The "why" of life makes it meaningful. . . . Only when an answer is given is one living life as a man.
Sudden love is latest cured.