Essay on knowledge is power

knowledge is power :
   it is a well said quote that Knowledge is power .. what is knowledge it is a state of awareness or having information about something ..it means that having knowledge is very helpful to become a well-informed citizens who can handle different difficult situations due to enough information about that situation ..now the question is how knowledge makes us powerful ..power is our ability to perform in effective manner in our everyday routine and problems ..so by having  knowledge  a person can easily detect the defects in the issues and solve them as he has information about them ..knowledge and education is key to success because when we see the powerful nations we come to realize that different inventions and productive utilization of the natural resources is due to this knowledge which also makes a nation economically strong ..powerful nations are not powerful due to some coincidence or due to luck but it is so because they have a firm foundation as they educated their people ..
today knowledge is power .it controls access to opportunity and advacement ..
knowledge is power.Rather knowledge is happiness ,because to have knowledge  -broad deep knowledge -is to know true ends from false and lofty things from low .To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man's progress is to feel the great heartthrobs of humanity through the centuries ;and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life ..
knowledge will forever govern ignorance ;and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives ..the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy ..