Knowledge must never be imparted out of insecurity or anxiety.

When knowledge is imparted out of insecurity, it causes one to project one’s self as the subject of knowledge. It makes one flaunt himself as the person who knows it all, while others are subtly implied to know nothing of equal value. In the thick of such insecurity, only the knower’s field of knowledge and realm of discourse are of vital consequence. Such a man knows nothing except his own loftiness.

When knowledge is imparted out of an anxiety that others might not know enough, it causes one to impose onto others the obligation to know as much as the knower does. It does not take into account the different capacities and efficiencies of people to absorb knowledge. Such a manner of imparting knowledge makes people into objects of information; it demeans the human spirit and belittles the learner.

Knowledge, when imparted properly and in the right spirit, liberates the learner. It proceeds from the mind and enters the realm of the heart, transforming itself into life wisdom. It gives the knower a love of wisdom and a desire to acquire even greater and deeper wisdom.

Knowledge is good. But imparting something good is an intricate skill; because when not imparted in its rightful way, even something as good as knowledge can kill the human spirit.