The Outer Limits (1995) Season 1 quotes

[opening narration] While some prisoners of war show bravery beyond the call of duty, others succumb to an enemy often more formidable than the one which captured them.

[closing narration] In our efforts to plumb the depths of our psychological endurance we may do more than drive ourselves to the breaking point... we may destroy the very world we're seeking to protect.

[opening narration] Our most powerful instinct is self-preservation. But what happens when fear and mistrust twist that drive into a force more destructive than any outside enemy?

[closing narration] It is one of the great mysteries of existence how the smallest drop of understanding can cleanse a sea of mistrust and hate.

[opening narration] It is perhaps the central paradox of our existence... to be alive is to be aware of our mortality. Life is, by definition, a terminal disease.

[closing narration] Philosophers and poets concur on one fundamental truth... love will find a way, it's just a matter of time.

[opening narration] Throughout the ages humans have looked to the heavens and wondered, 'Where did we come from, and where are we going?' But will we find those answers in the stars, or in ourselves?

[closing narration] It is said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Will we be wise enough to learn?

[opening narration] How far will mankind have to go before we realize that the only antidote to self-annihilation... is trust?

[closing narration] If mankind is to survive we must trust one another... and that trust begins in the human heart.

[opening narration] It is said that conduct on the battlefield is the ultimate measure of a man. But often the enemy we are most afraid to face is much closer... to home.

[closing narration] Wars can be won or lost but in the battle waged inside a man's soul, only love can heal the wounds.

[opening narration] It is nature's way that life expands to fill any vacuum. But when human minds become circuits and human flesh becomes steel, what will that new life reveal?

[closing narration] If we teach our children by example, then we only have ourselves to blame for whom they become.

[opening narration] The skeptic's world is a secure one, built on unshakeable truths. But what happens when its foundation begins to crumble?