One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil to think is to do. The crossed arms work the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.
What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small so soft and warm like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp.
The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.