Sacrificial ceremonies, study, gift, devotion, truth, forgiveness, mercy and contentment, these are the eight ways to virtue, according to the Smriti.
इज्याध्ययनदानानि तपः सत्यं क्षमा घृणा। अलोभ इति मार्गोऽयं धर्मस्याष्टविधः स्मृतः॥