Curiosity is the kernel of the forbidden fruit.

Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.

Curiosity is, as neugierig, an avarice (gier) of the new (neu), an everyday tendency of Dasein to let itself be restlessly carried along solely by the way the world appears.

Curiosity is a search for novelty and endless stimulation rather than belonging or dwelling.

Diplomacy is lying in state.

Diplomacy is doing just what you said you wouldn't.

Diplomacy is the art of winning without having the other guy lose.

Diplomacy is to do and say The nastiest things in the nicest way.

Experimentation is, in writing, another way of saying you don't know what you're doing.

Experimentation is the least arrogant method of gaining knowledge. The experimenter humbly asks a question of nature.

Experimentation is concerned with the forces present in the heart of the individual vying for master and slave. It always involves an inventor, an experimental object, failures, successes, victims, and sacrificers.

Exploration is that at whose end we will at last arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

Exploration is a necessity of the soul — the day we stop exploring is the day we commit ourselves to live in a stagnant world, devoid of curiosity, empty of dreams.

Exploration is the essence of the human spirit.