Information is the data we gather through the senses. Knowledge comes when we process the data applying buddhi to what we have read or heard or seen. But this knowledge too is not the highest knowledge since it depends upon the senses which we know are themselves limited. There is a higher knowledge that is truer and independent of the senses because it goes deeper than appearances. But for that higher knowledge the mind must become quiet and learn to submit itself to the vaster Divine Intelligence. However people who read much may develop a kind of mental arrogance that they know so much. Hence they block their doors to higher knowledge. Hence their so called knowledge remains sterile and ineffective for life, especially if their will is weak. On the other hand people who have not read much are generally humble and hence can have a more direct access to knowledge. But of course if someone has read a lot, has used his mental faculties well and is yet humble and surrendered then his mind can become a beautiful channel for the Divine Wisdom to pour.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
