Education Quotes by Mao Zedong

Complacency is the enemy of study.

— Mao Zedong

Be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers.

— Mao Zedong

Learn from the masses, and then teach them.

— Mao Zedong

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

— Mao Zedong

Communists should set an example in study; at all times they should be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers.

— Mao Zedong

Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.

— Mao Zedong

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

— Mao Zedong

Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts…

— Mao Zedong

Take the ideas of the masses (scattered and unsystematic ideas) and concentrate them (through study turn them into concentrated and systematic ideas),…

— Mao Zedong

We must learn to do economic work from all who know how, no matter who they are. We must esteem them as…

— Mao Zedong

Reading is learning, but applying is also learning and the more important kind of learning at that. Our chief method is to…

— Mao Zedong

The only way to settle questions of an ideological nature or controversial issues among the people is by the democratic method, the…

— Mao Zedong

Now, there are two different attitudes towards learning from others. One is the dogmatic attitude of transplanting everything, whether or not it…

— Mao Zedong

Reading is learning, but applying is also learning and the more important kind of learning at that. Our chief method is to…

— Mao Zedong

We should never pretend to know what we don't know, we should not feel ashamed to ask and learn from people below,…

— Mao Zedong

Education in democracy must be carried on within the Party so that members can understand the meaning of democratic life, the meaning…

— Mao Zedong

Those experienced in work must take up the study of theory and must read seriously; only then will they be able to…

— Mao Zedong

Conditions are changing all the time, and to adapt one's thinking to the new conditions, one must study. Even those who have…

— Mao Zedong

The serious problem is the education of the peasantry. The peasant economy is scattered, and the socialization of agriculture, judging by the…

— Mao Zedong