Smallville (TV Series)

Echo (2009)

Terence Stamp: Jor-El

Quotes 

• Clark Kent : Jor-El. I'm reading people's thoughts. You said my trials had begun. Is this one of them?

  Jor-El : I've planted within you the seeds for this trial, designed to self-manifest when most needed. An event must have happened to trigger it, some kind of error or mistake in judgment.

  Clark Kent : I don't understand. I saved everyone in that factory.

  Jor-El : Assumptions are flaws inherent in the human instincts you have adopted, but they are beneath you. What you have yet to nurture is your Kryptonian intuition.

  Clark Kent : You shouldn't underestimate humans.

  Jor-El : Neither should *you*. Being able to discern why humans truly behave as they do will help you to better protect them. This ability is only temporary. You must learn to focus, Kal-El. Perception can be the difference between life and death.