For life in the present there is no death. Death is not an event in life. It is not a fact in the world.
To think that you are not following a rule is to follow a rule.
Think of the tools in a tool-box: there is a hammer, pliers, a saw, a screwdriver, a rule, a glue-pot, nails and screws.--The function of words are as diverse as the functions of these objects.
We learn by rearranging what we know.
At the end of reasons comes persuasion.
Just be indipendent of the external world, so you don't have to fear for what's in it.