--- title: "19 Study Quotes By Mao Zedong" description: "19 Study quotes by Mao Zedong. Plus more from Mao Zedong and more Study sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/mao-zedong-1123_complacency_complacency-is-the-enemy-of-study-135229_135229.jpg" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/mao-zedong-1123_complacency_complacency-is-the-enemy-of-study-135229_135229.jpg) > [We can learn what we did not know. We are not only good at destroying the Old World, we are also good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/we-can-learn-what-we-did-not-know-we-are-not-only-good-at-destroying/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/mao-zedong-1123_building_we-can-learn-what-we-did-not-know-we-are_1693769.jpg) > [Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/complacency-is-the-enemy-of-study-we-cannot-really-learn-anything/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/mao-zedong-1123_complacency_complacency-is-the-enemy-of-study-we-can_2600633.jpg) > [Communists should set an example in study; at all times they should be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/communists-should-set-an-example-in-study-at-all-times-they-should-be/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a2/mao-zedong-1123_all-time_communists-should-set-an-example-in-stud_1540337.jpg) > [Knowledge is a matter of science and no dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible. What is required is definitely the reverse -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/knowledge-is-a-matter-of-science-and-no-dishonesty-or-conceit/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/mao-zedong-1123_conceit_knowledge-is-a-matter-of-science-and-no_1217276.jpg) > [In transforming backward agricultural China into an advanced industrialized country, we are confronted with arduous tasks and our experience is far from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/in-transforming-backward-agricultural-china-into-an-advanced/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c45/mao-zedong-1123_adequate_in-transforming-backward-agricultural-ch_1841183.jpg) > [It is necessary to master Marxist theory and apply it, master it for the sole purpose of applying it. If you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/it-is-necessary-to-master-marxist-theory-and-apply-it-master-it-for-2/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/mao-zedong-1123_achievement_it-is-necessary-to-master-marxist-theory_2615268.jpg) > [Reading is learning, but applying is also learning and the more important kind of learning at that. Our chief method is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/reading-is-learning-but-applying-is-also-learning-and-the-more-2/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/mao-zedong-1123_chiefs_reading-is-learning-but-applying-is-also_3119653.jpg) > [We must learn to do economic work from all who know how, no matter who they are. We must esteem them as…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/mao-zedong-1123_autumn_we-must-learn-to-do-economic-work-from-a_24653.jpg) > [If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/if-we-have-a-correct-theory-but-merely-prate-about-it-pigeonhole-it/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/mao-zedong-1123_ifs_if-we-have-a-correct-theory-but-merely-p_1407204.jpg) > [Take the ideas of the masses (scattered and unsystematic ideas) and concentrate them (through study turn them into concentrated and systematic ideas),…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/take-the-ideas-of-the-masses-scattered-and-unsystematic-ideas-and/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/mao-zedong-1123_education_take-the-ideas-of-the-masses-scattered-a_445333.jpg) > [It is necessary to master Marxist theory and apply it, master it for the sole purpose of applying it. If you can…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/mao-zedong-1123_achievement_it-is-necessary-to-master-marxist-theory_86505.jpg) > [Reading is learning, but applying is also learning and the more important kind of learning at that. Our chief method is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/reading-is-learning-but-applying-is-also-learning-and-the-more/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/mao-zedong-1123_chiefs_reading-is-learning-but-applying-is-also_251653.jpg) > [Now, there are two different attitudes towards learning from others. One is the dogmatic attitude of transplanting everything, whether or not it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/now-there-are-two-different-attitudes-towards-learning-from-others/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/mao-zedong-1123_attitude_now-there-are-two-different-attitudes-to_740149.jpg) > [Those experienced in work must take up the study of theory and must read seriously; only then will they be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/those-experienced-in-work-must-take-up-the-study-of-theory-and-must/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/mao-zedong-1123_able_those-experienced-in-work-must-take-up-t_1552841.jpg) > [Conditions are changing all the time, and to adapt one's thinking to the new conditions, one must study. Even those who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/conditions-are-changing-all-the-time-and-to-adapt-one-s-thinking-to/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b1/mao-zedong-1123_conditions_conditions-are-changing-all-the-time-and_2409574.jpg) > [The theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin is universally applicable. We should regard it not as a dogma, but as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/the-theory-of-marx-engels-lenin-and-stalin-is-universally-applicable/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/mao-zedong-1123_action_the-theory-of-marx-engels-lenin-and-stal_2133231.jpg) > [How is Marxist-Leninist theory to be linked with the practice of the Chinese revolution? To use a common expression, it is by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/how-is-marxist-leninist-theory-to-be-linked-with-the-practice-of-the/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/mao-zedong-1123_arrows_how-is-marxist-leninist-theory-to-be-lin_1341072.jpg) > [Some people have read a few Marxist books and think themselves quite learned but what they have read has not penetrated, has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/some-people-have-read-a-few-marxist-books-and-think-themselves-quite/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d0/mao-zedong-1123_blow_some-people-have-read-a-few-marxist-book_835591.jpg) ## Other authors on Study ## 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/study/mao-zedong/#itemlist", "name": "19 Study Quotes By Mao Zedong", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Complacency is the enemy of study.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mao Zedong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/complacency-is-the-enemy-of-study/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/mao-zedong-1123_complacency_complacency-is-the-enemy-of-study-135229_135229.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/mao-zedong-1123_complacency_complacency-is-the-enemy-of-study-135229_135229.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/mao-zedong-1123_complacency_complacency-is-the-enemy-of-study-135229_135229.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Complacency is the enemy of study.” — Mao Zedong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We can learn what we did not know. 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