1.What if we look at ourselves as candles (or for a modern twist, light bulbs)? What if good deeds and acts of service are examples of turning up the wattage to shed more light in areas of shadow or darkness?

2.The proverb tells the truth that a person who is on deathbed spells out only truth and he would not utter a lie. As a dying person is at the last moment of life, naturally he wants to expose what is in his mind and so he tells the truth alone.

This line is from the epical poem - Sohrab and Rustom - written by Mathew Arnold. Sohrab was Rustom’s son but Rustom did not know this. The spear hurled at him by Rustom mortally wounded Sohrab. While he is on his deathbed, Sohrab says that he is Rustom’s son but Rustom does not believe this and so he expresses his doubt regarding his statement.

Sohrab says that truth sits upon the lips of the dying men and so a dying person would not utter a lie. This statement is very agreeable even now. When a dying person gives a statement regarding a case which is called as dying declaration the court accepts it as a death statement and no other evidence is needed for the case. Because at the time of the dying, the person will have little ego which might have forbidden him from telling the truth so far. The egoless person will automatically tell the truth to all concerned. This is the universal truth. So, we can believe that the statement of the dying persons will be always true.