Truth is the supreme virtue. Truth constitutes the essence of the Vedas. Control over passions constitutes the essence of truth. These attributes are always present in a virtuous man. Truth is righteousness.
Righteousness is light, and light is bliss.
Ahimsa , Brahmacharya , purity, justice, harmony, forgiveness, peace are forms of truth. Impartiality, self-control, modesty, endurance, goodness, renunciation, meditation, dignity, fortitude, compassion, and abstention from injury are the various forms of truth. All the above virtues, though seemingly different, have but one and the same form, namely, truth. All these hold up truth and strengthen it. When the path of truth is trodden, everything else also is done.