Knowledge is power.
Expansion of Ideas School & College Section.
Power has been popularly thought to be military or administrative. When we think of powerful persons we generally think of kinds, ministers, dictators, high officials and so forth. Powerful nations are associated with huge armies and destructive armaments. It is not commonly realised that knowledge is an important form of power and is very often the secret behind power in the popular sense. This is especially so in the modern world where most of the skills are highly technical and possessed by a few.
A person who has knowledge is equipped with power. Here power does not mean the power of money or brute force or the power wielded by money. Rather it means the power to understand, discriminate between what is right or wrong and the power to make right or wrong choices. The illiterate person has limited choices of opportunity and advancement.
Knowledge makes a man resourceful. When he is faced with a difficult situation, he is able to tackle it better. His mind is able to come up with many ways to solve a problem. He is not bogged down by paucity of thoughts. He can even think up new ways of doing things.The world is moving faster each day. No one can afford to remain illiterate. Everyone has to keep up with the knowledge of the times.
