Knowledge is Power
Expansion of Ideas School & College Section.
Power may be defined as authority or control over others. Power has always been sought by individuals and nations. In other words, a person who has knowledge is equipped with power. Here power does not mean the power or money or brute force. Rather it means the power to understand, discriminate between what is right or wrong and the power to make the correct choices. The illiterate person has limited choices of opportunity and advancement for he lacks knowledge.
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.
Other kinds of knowledge, too, confer a sort of power on those who possess them. Eminent doctors and highly skilled surgeons have the power to save people from death. It is a power greater than the power of kings and officials.
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.
