[closing narration] Can the true reason we so fear the unknown be that we know ourselves...too well?
S1 E15Unfinished Business
[opening narration] At what point does a human being's free will cease to exist? And if we have forfeited our free will... are we still human?
[closing narration] For centuries, philosophers have wrestled with the question, "Is man able to decide his destiny through his own actions, or does fate have the final say?"
[opening narration] It is said that through our children we obtain a kind of immortality. An unending chain of life in which mother and child are forever linked, carrying in turn the burden of humanity.
[closing narration] The love of man and woman, the love of a mother and child. It is only from these places...that miracles can be born.
[opening narration] Warriors may be forged in the fires of battle but heroes are discovered in the most unlikely of places.
[closing narration] The greatest horror of war is the fateful transformation of our children into heroes.
[opening narration] We are told, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes. But in these times when 'celebrity' is the drug of choice, the truly famous will tell you... fifteen minutes is rarely long enough.
[closing narration] In the long view of history, what difference will any of our lives make? The true measure of a life is not how many people know our names when we die... but whether we touch the lives of others.
[opening narration] We exist in this time and in this space. But where are we when we dream, before we are born, or after we die? What if we exist in many times and many spaces...now...and forever?
[closing narration] Perhaps at the end of life's journey, another begins. Two hearts, two minds, two souls... one destiny.
[opening narration] Our lives follow a long and winding path through time. But what happens if we're forced off the course of our own destiny?
[closing narration] Life is, at best, an uncertain path. Perhaps, we should be grateful with what we have, for even these riches may disappear along the way.
[opening narration] Crime and punishment... an age-old dilemma. Man has long sought a solution to society's ills. But at what point does the punishment itself... become a crime?
[closing narration] Sometimes it is an easy thing for a man to cry out for retribution until he himself has walked in the footsteps... of those suffering the penalty.
These quotes come from Wikiquote's The Outer Limits (1995) pages and are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.