Curious of Curiosity

I'm fascinated at man's attempts to understand what was inexplicable, seek what was unreachable and find what was considered lost. Be it, sending expeditions to the moon, diving deep into the sea in search of life forms, or travelling thousands of miles to discover isles. Discoveries and inventions have been successful due to the spirit of man. While zest might be the seeker's gun, the bullets need to be made of curiosity. Curiosity is the desire to learn, understand or just be plain nosy. Man starts to explore from when he is a toddler, wanting to know how things around him feel to touch, smell and taste - be it toys, insects or plain clay, clearly indicating that it's not an acquired feeling, like anger or jealousy, but something inborn. For some, curiosity is a survival instinct, the need to know what's happening. For some others, curiosity is a means to satisfy their own egos, as they strive to grapple what's not apparent. And, for the rest, who can't suffer exclusion from the neighbourhood's circle of privy gossip, it's plain nosiness. Curiosity is a function of subject, meaning, people are curious on different subjects differently. When one might have low tolerance of macro-economics, he/she could be stimulated to know what the young neighbour's wife looked like. Contrarily, there have been many successful inventions that happened not out of curiosity, but by accident, such as, Corn flakes, the Microwave oven, Penicillin, etc., however, the inventors persisted with their curiosity on the subject, but just that their journeys took them to unexpected destinations. And, definitely, successful breakthroughs need passion to sustain the efforts. Hence, what I understand is:

Skill + Passion + Curiosity might lead to Success,
Passion + Curiosity might lead to Learning, while plain
Curiosity might lead to Inaction and finally, disbelief

My conclusion is that passion renders life to curiosity. I hope I strive to seek hard while I'm at it. Wishing you passion on all that you seek too!