If Chuck Norris does nothing for two minutes he is being productive; he is not killing those who produce.
surprisingly deep sentiment
What's that word for phrases that clear the mind? Things like "If a tree falls in a forest, does anyone hear it".. I think there's like a Buddhist/meditation/mantra type thing to it..
Koan. The word you're looking for is koan.
Perhaps the broken window fallacy[1] should be renamed to the murdered producers fallacy.