“It only takes two facing mirrors to build a labyrinth.”

“There's no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one.”

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature

“Afghanistan is not only the mirror of the Afghans: it is the mirror of the world. 'If you do not like the image in the mirror, do not break the mirror, break your face,' says an old Persian proverb.”

Ahmed Rashid book Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

“The more elaborate his labyrinths, the further from the Sun his face.”

Mikha'il Na'ima book The Book of Mirdad

“Teaching at best beckons us to morality, but it is not in itself efficacious. Teaching is like a mirror. It can show you if your face is dirty, but it the mirror will not wash your face.”

Ravi Zacharias (1946) Indian philosopher

“There's a Mr. Hyde for every happy Jekyll face, a dark face on the other side of the mirror.”

Stephen King book Rage

“Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?”

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer

“Only a baby small,
Dropt from the skies;
Only a laughing face,
Two sunny eyes;

Only two cherry lips,
One chubby nose,
Only two little hands,
Ten little toes.”

Matthias Barr (1831–1911) British writer

“The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.”
Speculum mentis est facies, et taciti oculi cordis fatentur arcana.

Jerome (345–420) Catholic saint and Doctor of the Church

“All I see in the mirror every morning is a face that needs washing.”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress