Who Really Was Gandhi?

I have been reading the autobiography of Gandhi for Life Long Readers. It has been an eye opening experience. I have always envisioned Gandhi to be a man who was raised with high principles who lived his whole life being a great man. But it just isn't true. Gandhi is quite candid about mistakes he made while he was young. He was married at the age of 13 and only thought about sex until he left for school. He ate meat and hid it because it was against his religion. He stole money from his servants so that he could buy cigarettes. He even admits to almost cheating on his wife. I am shocked. This does not portray the meek and submissive man devoted to truth that we know. In reality it is good to see that a person can go through a process of self-discovery and become, in the end, an amazing person that changed the fate of a country. And he has influenced and inspired many people in the world. I even have a quote by him on my wall, "Be the change you want to see in the world."