Life

Each of us was born with his individual Mazzal (his cause or purpose) - Let me help you find yours.  

"You will be given of what belongs to you, and no one can touch what is prepared for another." (Yoma 38b)

Death

"The Zohar (Vayechi) has declared: 'The righteous have reason to rejoice on the day of their departing...' And it states (Ibid. Vayera): 'Death is the suffering of the body and the rejoicing of the soul,' for the soul of the saintly longs for the time when it will depart from this vain world and enjoy the world of bliss.  At the time of parting the soul has joy.  Hence the anniversary of the death of a Tzaddik is called Hilula (festivity)."  Gaon

Death

"The righteous (Tzaddikim) experience joy on the day of their departing.  Death is joy both for the good and the wicked.  For the good, it marks leaving the corridor behind and entering the palace - the shedding of the physical, and the donning of the spiritual clothing.  For the wicked it marks the rescue from descending further into the inferno, from which he cannot be extricated.  If not for death, the evildoer would never stop dong his evil."   This is stated in the Zohar (Vayechi)

Death

"When a person has prepared himself for coming to life again - death as such is merely a change of clothing.  So the Zohar states: 'Just as He provides the soul with garments to wear in this world, so will He provide it with a garment of supernal light to wear in that world.' (Noach).  This garment consists of all the deeds the person has performed day by day, as is written 'advanced in days.' (Ibid. Vayechi).  Goan

Life

“Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny”. Lao Tzu

 

Death

"Now in the World to Come, all man's deeds and actions are made to pass before him as if he were viewing a film of his life.  Happy is he who has produced a satisfying film.  Happy is he whose pictures are beautiful, his face shines with joy."  (Shabbos desecration. - N.A.)

Death

"Just as the life of the embryo merely constitutes the transition to a broader and more exciting life, - so, to an even greater extent, is life on Earth merely the prelude to a more fascinating, glorious life, which man, confined within his puny body and with limited perception, is incapable of conceiving."  

Human existence - as man passes through this world from birth to death - is either all or nothing.  Either life constitutes a passage to nothing, without any substance at all, or else it endures for eternity - retaining all its original good and happiness.  Either one's days are a bridge to death or a bridge to life.  

For the person, however, to whom life is a transition to an enduring future, it constitutes the corridor leading to the palace, the "inn" in which he prepares himself for his appearance in the palace.  Hence this life has great meaning for him, and similarly his sufferings.  For if death is a cessation, then life has no goal; but if life does possess a goal, then death is no cessation.  

For the first type of individual, then, life has no real substance, while for the seocnd, death has none.  This is what the Rabbis of the Talmud asserted: "The wicked, while still alive, are considered dead; the righteous, even when dead, are considered to be alive." (Berochos 18a)  The second lives for his soul, which endures, and so his life has no end".    Gaon