knowledge is power

    For many students reeling under the pressure of acute competition, examinations have become a matter of life and death. In such a world, where competition has to be faced in every corner of life, a student should not become sad. In this situation, he has to reveal his courage, confidence and responsibility towards his career and nation.

    Stephen covey defines responsibility in his inimitable style. He says” look at the word responsibility, It is response and ability”, i.e. the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, fate, God and so on. The mature mind says try me instead of why me?

    Isaac Newton observed “To every action, there is an equal reaction. “Good begets good, Evil begets evil. This only means that if we learn, make good use of our mind, knowledge, skill, talents etc, it will bring only positive results in our own lives. Knowledge is not derived from birth. It is obtained by learning and hard work. The best example of this is the Japanese success in building their industry out of ashes of the Second World War. What gave them tremendous success was their willingness to learn, to borrow and assimilate ideas having a clear focus on quality. There is nothing free in this world; one has to pay the price! To become individually great and make the nation great, the people have to grow. Growth will come out of only learning, knowledge, wisdom and the ability to use it!

    It is said by two psychologists Mr.Arthur and Linda Shaw in their book, “Intelligence can be Taught “that the proportion of intelligent quotient is attached with word power and it is increase by study. Francis Bacon rightly said,” Knowledge Is Power.”

    Management expert Peter Drucker says “Today knowledge is power.It controls access to opportunity and advancement. That is why scientists, bureaucrats and scholars are at the peak of apex. They largely determine the policies in such crucial areas as defense and economics. Socrates, the Greek philosopher argued that knowledge is the sole good and ignorance is the single evil.