--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: If we want to eliminate bad qualities…" description: "\"If we want to eliminate bad qualities like hatred, envy, pride and ostentation, we have to employ Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema and Ahimsa as the cl..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/sathya-sai-baba-712_ahimsa_if-we-want-to-eliminate-bad-qualities-li_1070391.png" --- # If we want to eliminate bad qualities like hatred, envy… ![“If we want to eliminate bad qualities like hatred, envy, pride and ostentation, we have to employ Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema and Ahimsa as the cleaning instruments.” quote by Sathya Sai Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/sathya-sai-baba-712_ahimsa_if-we-want-to-eliminate-bad-qualities-li_1070391.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/sathya-sai-baba-712_ahimsa_if-we-want-to-eliminate-bad-qualities-li_1070391.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/sathya-sai-baba-712_ahimsa_if-we-want-to-eliminate-bad-qualities-li_1070391.png) > “If we want to eliminate bad qualities like hatred, envy, pride and ostentation, we have to employ Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema and Ahimsa as the cleaning instruments.” [Sathya Sai Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sathya-sai-baba/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. To remove negative traits, one must practice virtues like truth, duty, peace, love, and non‑violence as tools for inner cleansing. **In simple terms:** Use virtues to cleanse negativity. Key Takeaway Cultivate truth, duty, peace, love, non‑violence. Themes spiritual growth ethics self‑improvement Mood inspirational hopeful Type spiritual ethical When to use this quote - daily meditation - conflict resolution - community service - personal development - teaching others Key Concepts virtue ethics inner purification Questions to Reflect On - Which virtue can you practice today? - How do you handle setbacks while cultivating virtues? A Different Perspective Virtues alone may not change entrenched habits. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Ahimsa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ahimsa/) [Bad qualities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-qualities/) [Dharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dharma/) [Envy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/envy/) [Hatred](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hatred/) [Ostentation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ostentation/) [Pride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pride/) [Quality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/quality/) ## Related quotes > [Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-ibn-abi-talib/had-there-not-been-five-bad-qualities-all-the-people-would-have-been/) [Ali ibn Abi Talib](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-ibn-abi-talib/) > [The ego is a very bad quality. 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When there are Godly thoughts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sathya-sai-baba/you-weave-the-threads-and-there-is-the-cloth-if-the-threads-are/) [Sathya Sai Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sathya-sai-baba/) > [Your sight must become an insight; it must be turned within and used to purify and clarify your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sathya-sai-baba/your-sight-must-become-an-insight-it-must-be-turned-within-and-used/) [Sathya Sai Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sathya-sai-baba/) > [Of the twenty-four hours a day, Use six for earning and spending, six for contemplation of God, six of sleep and six for service…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sathya-sai-baba/of-the-twenty-four-hours-a-day-use-six-for-earning-and-spending-six/) [Sathya Sai Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sathya-sai-baba/) > [Do not think about the body. The body comes and goes; for it there is birth and there is death. But you are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sathya-sai-baba/do-not-think-about-the-body-the-body-comes-and-goes-for-it-there-is/) [Sathya Sai Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sathya-sai-baba/) > [Develop the feeling of brotherhood of man and fatherhood of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sathya-sai-baba/develop-the-feeling-of-brotherhood-of-man-and-fatherhood-of-god/) [Sathya Sai Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sathya-sai-baba/) [Explore all 397 Sathya Sai Baba quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sathya-sai-baba/) ## More Ahimsa quotes > [Ahimsa can be practiced only towards those that are inferior to you in every way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/ahimsa-can-be-practiced-only-towards-those-that-are-inferior-to-you/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [Whatever strength the masses have is due entirely to ahimsa, however imperfect or defective its practice might have been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/whatever-strength-the-masses-have-is-due-entirely-to-ahimsa-however/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? 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