The Outer Limits (1995) quotes

[closing narration] For the human race life is a ceaseless competition for power, for fame, even love. But when the desire for victory is reduced to winning at any cost, then we can only guarantee our defeat.

[opening narration] When we have conquered interstellar space, what will we gain? A new perspective on ourselves or only a wider scope for our arrogance?

[closing narration] Cultural relativity. It doesn't need to be a complicated theory. Indeed, it can be as simple, and as deadly, as a two-edged sword.

[opening narration] They say seeing is believing. But the true question is... what do you believe you've seen?

[closing narration] Throughout history, the search for faith has led man to look to the stars and the heavens for answers. But only by looking into ourselves may we truly find it.

[opening narration] Throughout history man has been driven to seek out his origins to determine whether he's the result of a divine plan or merely the sum of all his yesterdays. But what happens if, at the end of his search, he should discover he's neither?

[closing narration] Every life is a destination unknown, a journey of tragedies and triumphs that ultimately allows us to discover not only our world, but more importantly, ourselves.

[opening narration] Human beings naturally fear that which is unknown or different. But unless we strive to conquer those fears, they may exact a price far greater than we can bear.

[closing narration] It is said the human capacity for language is the quality which separates us from all other species on Earth. Perhaps it is also the same quality which can link us to those beyond... but only if we are willing to listen.

[opening narration] Since our earliest beginnings, we have always believed in some form of transcendence. But when we finally discover how to transcend our own biological bodies, what exactly will we gain... and what will we leave behind?

[closing narration] A great philosopher once said, "The endeavor to persist in its own being is the essence of the individual thing." But when the day comes that the mind and body can be separated... what will happen to the soul?

[opening narration] Along with futures we dare not imagine... come choices we dare not make.

[closing narration] Though survival of the fittest is the cornerstone of evolution, perhaps... the meek shall inherit the earth after all.

[opening narration] Experience teaches that of all the emotions, fear stands alone in its power to move us or to capture us in its grip... forever.

[closing narration] In a world of terrors there is nothing more fearsome than the unknown. Especially when what is unknown... is ourselves.