"It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears"

This quote by Rod Serling is a reminder to us that we need to not take whatever at stated value. It is a warning to be aware of the potential for deception and to look beyond the surface of things. It recommends that we ought to be open to the possibility that things may not be as they seem. It motivates us to be curious and to question what we see and hear. It is a suggestion that we should not be too fast to accept what we exist with, however instead to make the effort to examine even more. It is a suggestion that we must not be too trusting of what we are told, however instead to look for evidence and to draw our own conclusions.