The Outer Limits (1995) Season 1 quotes

[closing narration] Perhaps we can never fully escape the animals we once were, but with our minds and our hearts, we can always fight to remain human.

[opening narration] As we cocoon ourselves in the comforts that our expanding technology affords, are we insulating ourselves from the very things that make us human?

There's always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets in the future.

[closing narration] Our survival as a species depends more on our trust of one another, than of the machines on which we increasingly rely.

[opening and closing narration] We exist in time, moving forever forward through the moments of our lives — moments which, once experienced, can never be relived... or can they?

[opening narration] From the time our earliest ancestors looked to the stars we have wondered what secrets they held. But will we be ready when those answers are disclosed?

[closing narration] It is our nature to fear a dark purpose in that which we do not understand. But true evil may lie more in ignorance than in suspicion.

[opening narration] Man creates laws to maintain the order of his world. But what happens when the laws of man defy the laws of nature?

[closing narration] The power of human emotion can neither be controlled by laws we create nor confined by the will we impose.

[opening narration] The longing for adventure and discovery burns in the heart of every child. But no drive is stronger than a child's need for a parent's love.

[closing narration] It is said that love and truth walk hand in hand. But if the need is great enough, can we learn to love a lie?

[opening narration] In a world where youth is valued more than wisdom... what will become of our elders?

[closing narration] The greatest lesson one generation can bestow upon the next... is that reverence for the past ensures the future.

[opening narration] Some men lose themselves in war... others find themselves.

[closing narration] True sacrifice is not what we surrender, but what we ultimately gain.