Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. There are none but have this tendency to good, just as all water flows downward.
MenciusFriendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
MenciusWhen one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
Mencius