Let's talk about "knowledge" Here is not the noun "knowledge", but the verb "cognition", the process of understanding the world.
There are cliffs in my life, but I know there are no cliffs. It is almost impossible to ask for a cliff without a cliff: my life is limited and the process of knowing the world is infinite. It's too tired to get infinite (cognition) with limited (life)!
The author emphasizes that a person's ability cannot fully understand the world, and all he has to do is adapt to anything that happens in the world.