T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"

"Don’t spoil me with your lies, love me with your truth."

"You may have the dark and cold street life, ruled by the lessor light of the moon. During this time I restore my temple, and later awake to greet the awesome radiance of the sun-star."

"Don't wish...DO! Don't try...BE! Don't think...KNOW! And above all: Bless a stranger with a small, yet powerful, random act of kindness. You feel me?"

"Today is not just another ordinary day. It is an opportunity to do, or say, something that just might inspire someone to greater becoming...especially a wayward youth."

"To witness miracles unfold in your experience, count your blessings and be thankful. Perceived small blessings accumulate to be the most powerful."

"It is more substantial to represent a purpose, rather than just a title."

"For the human experience, life in the natural world seems to require the application of meaning, in order to evoke purpose."

"Elevate your inside game. A negative attitude is below the horizon...a place for lonesome hearts."

"Though the earth contains greater energy and mass than any single being, linked together, "people make the world go-round"."

"For the human experience, life in the natural world seems to require the application of meaning, in order to evoke purpose."

"Head up, heart open. To better days!"

"If the thought inspires you, and it feels good and right...it is yours, alone, to exercise. So get right on it!"

"Success is not determined by the outcome. The outcome is the result of having already decided that you are successful to begin with."

"It is common to represent a title, but inspiring to represent a purpose."

"There are two paths of which one may choose in the walk of life; one we are born with, and the one we consciously blaze. One is naturally true, while the other is a perceptive illusion. Choose wisely at each fork in the road."

"Both friend and enemy reside within us. One lives by the rule of compassion, the other by the rule of hard knocks. Though potential influence of either extreme is inevitable, our actions bear witness to the one we embrace."

"The illusion, as ego suggests, is that it's about time - mechanical mind; it is not. It is, however, all about conscious space - something [the] soul has always known."

"The energy it took to exit mother’s womb is the same force required to manifest a dream...a different kind of struggle. Push, push, push!"

"This path was not that of my conscious choosing. But after persistent subconscious confrontation, I have finally embraced what is, 'souly' for me...and I am thankful, when called upon, to be able to share and give to those who seek their own way of the path."

"Having beef with someone is unnecessary and avoidable. Whatever the issue, if not positive, it is an opportunity to cut the excess fat from an unhealthy dietary network. Simply excuse yourself from the table of negativity and lean forward in peace."