The proverb implies that the ability or potential of a person increases with the

attainment of knowledge. Education imparts knowledge and the development

of mental status mainly depends on the education or knowledge. So
education is that powerful medium which affects the socio-economic
development of and individual along with the health, hygiene, demographic
profile and productivity of the society.

It also plays an important role in raising the standard of living. But, the
opposite i.e.. power is knowledge, is often more true in the sense that power
decides which knowledge, is often more true in the sense that power decides
which knowledge is produced in a given social setting and gets to count as
knowledge in discourse and decision-making.

Power here is not that which in acquired by conquering people and imposed
on the citizens but power here means constant craving for attaining
knowledge. Power is the ability to change someone's life, to shape his
perception, to make things work for him and not against him. Thus, real
power is shared and not imposed. It is the ability to define human needs and
to fulfill them, it is the ability to produce the result on desire most and create
value for others in the process. In this regard his needs and needs of the
people must be taken care of. So it is the ability to direct one's own personal
kingdom. As his own thought processes and his own behavior are, so is his
ability to produce the precise results to desires.

Learning, knowledge and power are all interlinked and they build personality,
although personality development depends on the atmosphere the person
lived in and the adjustment of the person with the environment because it
leads to learning as the person has to make several adjustments with the
environment like social, economical, political and moral adjustments.
Learning process is, therefore, very important to acquire the quality of
knowledge or education. Learning is a process by which the individual
acquires various habits and attitudes along with different kinds of knowledge
that are necessary to meet the demands of life in general. It is a mental
activity which brings abut modification or progressive change in the neutral
behavior.

Generally we repeat old behaviors and bring about stability in the modified
experiences and behavior. the highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is
attained when it gives man a perfect knowledge and master over his own
inner self.

Knowledge plays a vital role in our life. It trains our mental level and guides
us to do better in life. It is like a candle which gives light in the darkness.
knowledge develops humanitarian and democrat values in the formation of
the persons, society and the nation. Knowledge or education means drawing
out of the latent powers and all round development of the facilities of a
human being. It means certain rules and regulations are to be followed where
proper education is concerned. For welfare and progress, discipline and virtue
are very essential whether it be an individual, a group, a society, a nation or
world. for that matter it may be a cause of the world. it may be mentioned
here that for want of knowledge, know-how and disciplined living most of our
countrymen appear dejected and pulled down or without any enthusiasm.
They seemed to be having no goal in life. Knowledge makes one's life
powerful, self reliant and self confident. tolerant life is possible through
knowledge. To draw out the bet, especially the latent powers of an individual,
is thought to be the main function of an education system. Where there is no
knowledge, there is confusion, disorder and ultimately acquisition of bad
experiences in the life of a person. Knowledge makes one's life exemplary
which inspires others to follow the path of progress, as it is rightly said that
values driven are the values created. Many people find fault in the present
system of education, yet we will say that the present system has its own
merits. Otherwise it would ot have produced great men like Raja Ram Mohan
Roy, Swami Vivekananda, Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi,
Subhash Bose and the likes who looked widely into the different aspects of
the role of knowledge in the development of human beings.

In the present set up of the society, skill and knowledge have acquired top
priorities. No doubt knowledge plays a significant role for all round
development of an individual. In modern times, Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani,
Ratan Tata, Kumarmangalam birla, Prem Azim and the Indian middle class
hero N.R. Narayana Murthy- all have emerged as a strong voice for
compassionate capitalism and corporate ethics. All the aforesaid persons are
leading contributors to enhancement in the power of the nation and
realization of a doorstep vision for rural Indian shining. Amartya Sen, a Nobel
laureate in Economics, often regarded as the conscience keeper of
economies profession, has put forward how knowledge in a deeper sense can
be acquired in this empowered society.
Many times knowledge has been manipulated for the destructive use and
spreading among the people. Cyber crime, release of Anthrax envelops and
terrorism etc. are the best example of it. besides politicians also come under
the category who manipulate the knowledge for the betterment of self.

In olden days great men like Gautama Buddha and Mahavir left the comforts
of life in search of knowledge to acquire power and when attained it after a
long dedication they preached the philosophy of life to the people. Knowledge
stimulated their inner sense and they understood the reality of life which they
shared with the people for their happiness. Thus in a generalized sense,
knowledge develops positive thinking in human beings and brings happiness.