How to Meet Evil-Speaking

Do not put your peace at the mercy of other men's tongues; for whether they think well or ill of you, they cannot make you other than you are. Where is the true peace and the true glory? Is it not in Me? He who neither seeks to please men nor fears to displease them enjoys great peace. From ill-ordered love and idle fears arise all uneasiness of the heart and all distraction of the senses. Thomas a Kempis - The Imitation of Christ