For Knowledge OR Strength OR Information: Nothing really close.
   With that, I've concluded my search. Anything further abstracted
   from the OP pseudo quote is not worth my time to conclude: THE
   QUOTE ABOVE IS MADE UP. Yes, I could use other sources, but this
   is likely the best source to bother with before coffee.

   Line 6: But he finds ample compensation in the pleasing
   exercises of his powers and in the knowledge of being one of
   that exceptionally privileged class without whom the race would
   have long ago perished in the bitter struggle against pitiless
   elements.
   Line 56: These daily lessons were intended to strengthen memory
   and reason and especially to develop the critical sense, and
   were undoubtedly very beneficial.
   Line 87: Then I instinctively commenced to make excursions
   beyond the limits of the small world of which I had knowledge,
   and I saw new scenes.
   Line 88: These were at first very blurred and indistinct, and
   would flit away when I tried to concentrate my attention upon
   them, but by and by I succeeded in fixing them; they gained in
   strength and distinctness and finally assumed the concreteness
   of real things.
   Line 158: I had neither courage or strength to form a firm
   resolve.
   Line 199: The pressure of occupation and the incessant stream of
   impressions pouring into our consciousness thru all the gateways
   of knowledge make modern existence hazardous in many ways.
   Line 289: I am ambidextrous now but then I was lefthanded and
   had comparatively little strength in my right arm.
   Line 358: My knowledge of the mechanism was nil and I knew next
   to nothing of air pressure, but instinctively I felt for the
   suction hose in the water and found that it had collapsed.
   Line 420: Tho this knowledge came gradually it gave me a painful
   shock.
   Line 463: The vision was clear enough but the knowledge of
   principles was very limited.
   Line 464: In one of my inventions I proposed to convey letters
   and packages across the seas, thru a submarine tube, in
   spherical containers of sufficient strength to resist the
   hydraulic pressure.
   Line 479: I had acquired the knowledge of a number of languages
   and waded thru the books of several libraries, picking up
   information more or less useful.
   Line 510: It is a perpetual motion scheme, an impossible idea."
   But instinct is something which transcends knowledge.
   Line 547: Can anyone believe that so hopeless a physical wreck
   could ever be transformed into a man of astonishing strength and
   tenacity, able to work thirty-eight years almost without a day's
   interruption, and find himself still strong and fresh in body
   and mind? Such is my case.
   Line 587: The knowledge and practical experience I gained in the
   course of this work was most valuable and the employment gave me
   ample opportunities for the exercise of my inventive faculties.
   Line 612: On account of my knowledge of the German language and
   past experience, I was entrusted with the difficult task of
   straightening out matters and early in 1883 I went to Strassburg
   on that mission.
   Line 708: In 1856 Lord Kelvin had exposed the theory of the
   condenser discharge, but no practical application of that
   important knowledge was made.
   Line 983: It is thus able to exert, independently, its colossal
   strength and moral force to the benefit of all, more judiciously
   and effectively, than as member of a league.
   Line 1024: I was unable to understand the tremendous weight of
   the painful knowledge I received in advance, and wrote a letter
   to Sir William Crookes while still under the domination of these
   impressions and in poor bodily health.
   Line 1072: But there are, to my best knowledge, no
   instrumentalities in existence today with which such an object
   could be accomplished in a precise manner.