--- title: "4 Inspired Quotes By Walter Russell" description: "4 Inspired quotes by Walter Russell. Plus more from Walter Russell and more Inspired sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/walter-russell-3334_dramatic_there-is-no-violent-surface-indication-o_264708.png" --- > [There is no violent surface indication of the ecstasy which great thinkers alone enjoy. There is nothing dramatic about it, but there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/there-is-no-violent-surface-indication-of-the-ecstasy-which-great/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/walter-russell-3334_dramatic_there-is-no-violent-surface-indication-o_264708.png) > [That is what we must do when we fully know the purposefulness of life - live it gloriously by living it ecstatically.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/that-is-what-we-must-do-when-we-fully-know-the-purposefulness-of-life/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/walter-russell-3334_communion_that-is-what-we-must-do-when-we-fully-kn_1888321.png) > [I never let the thought of failure enter my mind. My knowledge of my unity with the Universal One and the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/i-never-let-the-thought-of-failure-enter-my-mind-my-knowledge-of-my/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/walter-russell-3334_belief_i-never-let-the-thought-of-failure-enter_2891179.png) > [You may command Nature to the extent only in which you are willing to obey her. You cannot intelligently obey that which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/you-may-command-nature-to-the-extent-only-in-which-you-are-willing-to-2/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/walter-russell-3334_asks_you-may-command-nature-to-the-extent-onl_3130701.png) ## Other authors on Inspired ## More by Walter Russell > [Women, are a map, Avik. You've got to understand their longitude, and how much latitude you can take.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/women-are-a-map-avik-you-ve-got-to-understand-their-longitude-and-how/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [I believe that every man can multiply his own ability by almost constant wordless realization of his unity with his Source. I have, myself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/i-believe-that-every-man-can-multiply-his-own-ability-by-almost/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [The electric energy which motivates us is not within our bodies at all. It is a part of the universal supply which flows through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/the-electric-energy-which-motivates-us-is-not-within-our-bodies-at/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [Your body is merely a machine made to express the thoughts that flow through you and nothing more. It is but an instrument for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/your-body-is-merely-a-machine-made-to-express-the-thoughts-that-flow/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [The Life Triumphant is that which places what a man gives to the world in creative expression far ahead of that which he takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/the-life-triumphant-is-that-which-places-what-a-man-gives-to-the/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [Man's ignorance of the Law of Love in personal and world relationships will not serve as an excuse to save him from disaster. Wealth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/man-s-ignorance-of-the-law-of-love-in-personal-and-world/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [Knowledge is cosmic. It does not evolve or unfold in man. Man unfolds to an awareness of it. He gradually discovers it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/knowledge-is-cosmic-it-does-not-evolve-or-unfold-in-man-man-unfolds/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [This New Age is marking the dawn of a new world-thought. That new thought is a new cosmic concept of the value of man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/this-new-age-is-marking-the-dawn-of-a-new-world-thought-that-new/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [The personal ego must be suppressed and replaced with the 'universal ego.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/the-personal-ego-must-be-suppressed-and-replaced-with-the-universal/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [War, and more wars, are helping Government to siphon the earnings of its people into its treasury for its own selfish purpose, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/war-and-more-wars-are-helping-government-to-siphon-the-earnings-of/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [Most sculptors make the mistake", he said, "of thinking of eyes as form and they therefore make them as spherical surfaces. Eyes are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/most-sculptors-make-the-mistake-he-said-of-thinking-of-eyes-as-form/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [There is no use for energy of any kind whatsoever unless there is a plan back of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/there-is-no-use-for-energy-of-any-kind-whatsoever-unless-there-is-a/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [There is no violent surface indication of the ecstasy which great thinkers alone enjoy. There is nothing dramatic about it, but there is some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/there-is-no-violent-surface-indication-of-the-ecstasy-which-great/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [“...That inner ecstasy of the mind is the secret fountain of perpetual youth and strength in any man. He who finds it finds onmipotence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/that-inner-ecstasy-of-the-mind-is-the-secret-fountain-of-perpetual/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) > [The Russell Cosmogony with its new concepts of light, matter, energy, electricity and magnetism is a simple yet complete, consistent and workable cosmogony which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/the-russell-cosmogony-with-its-new-concepts-of-light-matter-energy/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspired/walter-russell/#itemlist", "name": "4 Inspired Quotes By Walter Russell", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no violent surface indication of the ecstasy which great thinkers alone enjoy. 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