The quote “Knowledge is power, but a power that can be abused” means that people with lots of knowledge can abuse their power. For example, in The Pearl, the doctor knows what he really should do to cure Coyotito. Instead, because he knows that Kino doesn’t have as much knowledge as him, the doctor decides that he shouldn’t try his best and he uses a fake medicine that doesn’t help Coyotito. Also, in The House of The Scorpion, El Patron abuses his power of knowledge knowing what he can do with clones but instead decides to use them. People with knowledge can either use their knowledge wisely and in a good way to help others or abuse it and use it in a bad way not helping others.