The "purpose of playing," is "to hold as ’twere the mirror up to nature" - Shakespeare’s Hamlet: III, ii, 17-19

"We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror - Marshall McLuhan

"If somebody thinks they’re a hedgehog, presumably you just give ‘em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves" - Douglas Adams

"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror" - Kahlil Gibran  ¶ 00:43