I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.
The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.
To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.
I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.