{"product_id":"9780595614257","title":"Musings of a Meandering Stream: Reflections on Life","description":"Speak the truth and let the profit go;\u003cbr\u003e          For those who seek to please, reap as they sow.\u003cp\u003e  A SAMPLING FROM\u003cbr\u003e The Musings of a Meandering Stream\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  To admit error openly and without hesitation brings an authenticity that being correct can never provide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Resentment of authority is the inevitable response to a world where the unfit with rare exceptions rise to power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Nature and nurture contrive to make us one of a kind, and yet we strive to be one of the many. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Creativity seldom survives the standardized tests of life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Whom do we believe?  Censure's sincerity may be suspect, but flattery rarely escapes its desire to please. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Culture writes its indelible message on our tabula rasa, capturing us for life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Time shapes recollections to serve our needs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Virtue becomes vice when it is merely adopted as effective strategy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Those who go the wrong way down the one-way streets of life are far less dangerous than the thoughtless majority, whose mindless adherence to prevalent views of the moment is uncorrupted by evidence to the contrary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The tender touch of a hand can express the most profound feelings of love and longing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  What is hell but immortality without love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Memory evokes a creative portrait of the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Neutrality in the face of evil is no virtue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124552646896,"sku":"9780595614257","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780595614257_p0.jpg?v=1763724118","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595614257","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}