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.
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.