Education Quotes
Knowledge is power.
"Knowledge is power."— Helen Keller
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Meaning of this quote
The proverb associates knowledge with the ability to act effectively. Keller’s own surrounding discussion proposes happiness as a deeper account of what knowledge provides.
Key takeaway:
Read a familiar slogan with attention to how a writer qualifies it.
Origin of the quote
Quoted and immediately reconsidered in The Story of My Life (1903), Chapter XX.
Who actually said this?
Likely misattributedKeller places the saying in quotation marks and follows it with Rather, knowledge is happiness. The isolated credit obscures her response to an inherited maxim.
