Attention is everything -- If you never noticed, it never happened.

Attention is decisive. What holds attention determines action.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Attention is vitality — It connects one with others and makes one eager.

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.

Education is a chest of tools.

Education is atmosphere, nothing more.

Education is the making of men.

Education is soul crafting.

Fire is the most tolerable third party.

Fire is the original disinfectant.

Fire is the fruit of a winter’s day.

Fire is constantly turning on its axis to strike at the wind in one direction after another like someone beleaguered who tries to parry blows coming at him at once from all sides.