People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort.

Only two things you ignore: things that aren't important and things you wish weren't important. And wishing never works.

Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.

People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort.

You're supposed to trust friends. You have no reason to be his friend? That is part of the pleasure of friendship: trusting without absolute evidence and then being rewarded for that trust.

If we were to care about every person suffering on this planet, life would shut down.

Like I always say, there's no "I" in "team." There is a "me," though, if you jumble it up.