Knowledge is
power, when we use it constructively. We
often hear that, ” knowledge is
power.” But this statement is only a half-truth. Knowledge is only potential power. Knowledge is power only when put to use and then only when the use
made of it is constructive.
The story is told that the great scientist Albert Einstein was once asked how many
feet are in a mile. Einstein’s reply was, “I don’t know. Why should I fill my
brain with of facts like this? I can find in two minutes in any standard
reference book.” Albert Einstein
taught us a big lesson. He felt it was more important to use your mind to think
than to use it as a warehouse for facts.
One time Henry Ford was involved in a libel suit with the Chicago Tribune. The Tribune had called Henry Ford an ignoramus and Ford, a man
of great respect, said in effect, “prove it.” The tribune asked him scores of
simple questions such as “Who was Benedict Arnold?”, ”When was the
revolutionary war fought?” and others, most of which Henry Ford, who had little formal education, could not answer.
