"Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action." ― William James Topic(s): Happiness Tags: action, bring, happiness More From William James "Begin to be now what you will be hereafter." "Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." "Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact." More In Happiness "That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others."― James Thomson "Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence."― Sydney Smith "Maturity – among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates."― Dag Hammarskjold