No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.
Vernon HowardHow would you feel if you had no fear? Feel like that. How would you behave toward other people if you realized their powerlessness to hurt you? Behave like that. How would your react to so-called misfortune if you saw its inability to bother you? React like that. How would you think toward yourself if you knew you were really all right? Think like that.
Vernon Howard