--- title: "1 Bhakti Quotes By Sri Ramakrishna" description: "1 Bhakti quotes by Sri Ramakrishna. Plus more from Sri Ramakrishna and more Bhakti sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/sri-ramakrishna-36140_bhakti_no-one-can-say-with-finality-that-god-is_810785.jpg" --- > [“No one can say with finality that God is only 'this' and nothing else. He is formless, and again He has forms. For the bhakta He assumes forms. But He is formless for the jnani, that is, for him who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/no-one-can-say-with-finality-that-god-is-only-this-and-nothing-else/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/sri-ramakrishna-36140_bhakti_no-one-can-say-with-finality-that-god-is_810785.jpg) ## Other authors on Bhakti - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bhakti/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-radhanath-swami-76814.jpg) Radhanath Swami 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bhakti/radhanath-swami/) ## More by Sri Ramakrishna > [“Do all your duties, but keep your mind on God. Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna,p.81”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/do-all-your-duties-but-keep-your-mind-on-god-gospel-of-sri/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“1. Is anything impossible for the grace of God? Suppose you bring a light into a room that has been dark a thousand years;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/1-is-anything-impossible-for-the-grace-of-god-suppose-you-bring-a/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“THE SALT DOLL Once a salt doll went to measure the depth of the ocean. No sooner was it in the water, that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/the-salt-doll-once-a-salt-doll-went-to-measure-the-depth-of-the-ocean/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“No one can say with finality that God is only 'this' and nothing else. He is formless, and again He has forms. For the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/no-one-can-say-with-finality-that-god-is-only-this-and-nothing-else/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“Do you know my attitude? Books, scriptures, and things like that only point out the way to reach God. After finding the way, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/do-you-know-my-attitude-books-scriptures-and-things-like-that-only/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“It is necessary to pray to Him, with a longing Heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/it-is-necessary-to-pray-to-him-with-a-longing-heart/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/do-not-seek-illumination-unless-you-seek-it-as-a-man-whose-hair-is-on/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“God has made different religions to suit different aspirants, times, and countries. All doctrines are only so many paths; but a path is by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/god-has-made-different-religions-to-suit-different-aspirants-times/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“There is no hope for a worldly man if he is not sincerely devoted to God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/there-is-no-hope-for-a-worldly-man-if-he-is-not-sincerely-devoted-to/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“Why should you renounce everything? You are all right as you are, following the middle...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/why-should-you-renounce-everything-you-are-all-right-as-you-are/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“In the scriptures you will find the way to realize God. But after getting all the information about the path, you must begin to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/in-the-scriptures-you-will-find-the-way-to-realize-god-but-after/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“If a householder is a genuine devotee, he performs his duties without attachment; he surrenders the fruit of his work to God - his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/if-a-householder-is-a-genuine-devotee-he-performs-his-duties-without/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) > [“The nearer you approach to God, the less you reason and argue. When you attain Him, then all sounds—all reasoning and disputing—come to an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-ramakrishna/the-nearer-you-approach-to-god-the-less-you-reason-and-argue-when-you/) [Sri Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-ramakrishna/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bhakti/sri-ramakrishna/#itemlist", "name": "1 Bhakti Quotes By Sri Ramakrishna", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“No one can say with finality that God is only 'this' and nothing else. He is formless, and again He has forms. For the bhakta He assumes forms. But He is formless for the jnani, that is, for him who looks on the world as a mere dream. The bhakta feels that he is one entity and the world another. Therefore God, reveals Himself to him as a Person. 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