--- title: "6 Genuine Quotes By Mao Zedong" description: "6 Genuine quotes by Mao Zedong. Plus more from Mao Zedong and more Genuine sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/mao-zedong-1123_activity_in-order-to-build-a-great-socialist-soci_692484.jpg" --- > [In order to build a great socialist society it is of the utmost importance to arouse the broad masses of women to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/in-order-to-build-a-great-socialist-society-it-is-of-the-utmost/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/mao-zedong-1123_activity_in-order-to-build-a-great-socialist-soci_692484.jpg) > [...it is impossible for a genuine people's revolution in any country to win victory without various forms of help from the international…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/it-is-impossible-for-a-genuine-people-s-revolution-in-any-country-to/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/mao-zedong-1123_communication_it-is-impossible-for-a-genuine-people-s_1140660.jpg) > [All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/all-genuine-knowledge-originates-in-direct-experience/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/mao-zedong-1123_direct_all-genuine-knowledge-originates-in-dire_1549250.jpg) > [Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/genuine-equality-between-the-sexes-can-only-be-realized-in-the/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/mao-zedong-1123_change_genuine-equality-between-the-sexes-can-o_1801608.jpg) > [Soldiers are the foundation of an army; unless they are imbued with a progressive political spirit, and unless such a spirit is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/soldiers-are-the-foundation-of-an-army-unless-they-are-imbued-with-a/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/mao-zedong-1123_achieve_soldiers-are-the-foundation-of-an-army-u_2182135.jpg) > [If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/if-you-want-to-know-the-taste-of-a-pear-you-must-change-the-pear-by-2/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/mao-zedong-1123_change_if-you-want-to-know-the-taste-of-a-pear_2431811.jpg) ## Other authors on Genuine ## More by Mao Zedong > [Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/firstly-do-not-fear-hardship-and-secondly-do-not-fear-death/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [The most effective method of propaganda directed at the enemy forces is to release captured soldiers and give the wounded medical treatment... Whenever soldiers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/the-most-effective-method-of-propaganda-directed-at-the-enemy-forces/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [We must learn to do economic work from all who know how, no matter who they are. We must esteem them as teachers, learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/we-must-learn-to-do-economic-work-from-all-who-know-how-no-matter-who/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/a-revolution-is-not-a-dinner-party-or-writing-an-essay-or-painting-a/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [At the beginning of anything out of the ordinary, the mass of the people always dislike it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/at-the-beginning-of-anything-out-of-the-ordinary-the-mass-of-the/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [Winds flap the sail, tortoise and snake are silent, a great plan looms. A bridge will fly over this moat dug by heaven and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/winds-flap-the-sail-tortoise-and-snake-are-silent-a-great-plan-looms/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/let-a-hundred-flowers-bloom-let-a-hundred-schools-of-thought-contend/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [ In the struggle to defend the legacy of Leninism . . . \[Stalin\] proved himself to be an outstanding Marxist-Leninist fighter. . . .… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/in-the-struggle-to-defend-the-legacy-of-leninism-stalin-proved/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [New things have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/new-things-have-to-experience-difficulties-and-setbacks-as-they-grow/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [It is necessary to master Marxist theory and apply it, master it for the sole purpose of applying it. If you can apply the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/it-is-necessary-to-master-marxist-theory-and-apply-it-master-it-for/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [It is a very good thing, and a significant one too, to exterminate the bourgeoisie and capitalism in China.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/it-is-a-very-good-thing-and-a-significant-one-too-to-exterminate-the/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [Return to Shaoshan I regret the passing, the dying, of the vague dream: my native orchards thirty-two years ago. Yet red banners roused the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/return-to-shaoshan-i-regret-the-passing-the-dying-of-the-vague-dream/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [We should go to the masses and learn from them, synthesize their experience into better, articulated principles and methods, then do propaganda among the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/we-should-go-to-the-masses-and-learn-from-them-synthesize-their/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [Complacency is the enemy of study.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/complacency-is-the-enemy-of-study/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) > [Women hold up half the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/women-hold-up-half-the-sky/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genuine/mao-zedong/#itemlist", "name": "6 Genuine Quotes By Mao Zedong", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In order to build a great socialist society it is of the utmost importance to arouse the broad masses of women to join in productive activity. 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