Don't give a child a fish but show h... by Mao Zedong | We Heart Quotes

Revolution China Communist chairman Cultural Revolution

Don't give a child a fish but show him how to fish.

- Mao Zedong

Other quotes by Mao Zedong

Army Defeat

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

- Mao Zedong

Books

To read too many books is harmful.

- Mao Zedong

History World People

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.

- Mao Zedong

Fact Art

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.

- Mao Zedong

Civilize the mind but make savage the body.

- Mao Zedong

Energy

I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.

- Mao Zedong

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