The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation.

Feel what it's like to truly starve, and I guarantee that you'll forever think twice before wasting food.

Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth.

There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about.

It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.

I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.

I only seem negative to the fortunate. That's because I show the less fortunate that they aren't less fortunate after all.