What can't be taken from you are your thoughts…
What can't be taken from you are your thoughts, your mental tools, the way you interpret bad luck, loss and setbacks. You can call this space your mental fortress-a piece of freedom that can never be assailed.
— from Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience) · Art of the Good Life: Clear Thinking for Business and a Better Life by Rolf Dobelli
In the book
There is a piece of you that no misfortune can ever reach — your thoughts, your mental tools, the way you choose to interpret your bad luck and your losses. Call it your mental fortress, a freedom that can never be assailed. The way you build it is to own yourself fully: when someone says something hurtful, you can notice — interesting, that person is saying hurtful things — and keep your sense of who you are separate from it, observing rather than reacting. — Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience)