Knowledge is to make us nobler human beings. It enables you to become righteous and saintly, upright and faithful. It keeps you from sin and brings you near to virtue. You benefit humanity with counsel and knowledge, wisdom and faithful. It keeps you from sin and brings you near to virtue.
Some people are both affluent and brilliant.
They are rich and learned. Yet they are tortured and miserable human beings. Almost fifty years ago, a noted Rabbi, Joshua Loth Liebman, wrote his magnum opus, Peace of Mind. In this work, Liebman related that, as a young man, he drew up a list of earthly desirables. He included such components as health, beauty, talent, power, riches, and fame.