“That is the ultimate power, to stare death in the face and be unafraid.”

“One should be prepared to receive ninety-nine percent of an enemy's attack and stare death right in the face in order to illumine the Path.”

Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969) founder of aikido

“The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death.”

Italo Calvino (1923–1985) Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels

“You're staring at me," Simon said. "Why are you staring at me? Have I got something on my face?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

“The ethical regime [of the Jews] was quite definitely Ptolemaic, revolving around the small group of Jews, not the larger Gentile group—and, accordingly, they learned to remain unimpressed by Gentile temporal power. Being unimpressed did not mean being unafraid—material power might beat or starve one to death; it did mean refusing to surrender moral hegemony to the majority merely because it had power.”

David Riesman (1909–2002) American Sociologist

“Integrative power [is] the ultimate power”

Kenneth E. Boulding (1910–1993) British-American economist

“Death stares at me/ Death pushes me forward/ Attracts me onwards/ And carries me on/ And that is my life!”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu (1957) Indian philosopher

“Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.”

Rick Riordan book The Lightning Thief

“Looking in the mirror, staring back at me isn't so much a face as the expression of a predicament.”

Colin Firth (1960) English actor

“Often I'd take out my magnifying glass and stare into the chaos that was her face.”

David Sedaris (1956) American author