interesting connection

both these quotations are from 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Son of Bahá'u'lláh, Founder of the Bahá'í Faith:

"As ye have faith so shall your powers and blessings be."

"By faith is meant, first, conscious knowledge, and second, the practice of good deeds."

so by gathering (useful) knowledge, and then putting that knowledge into use (good deeds), that will give us powers and blessings.