If you saw a pictu re o f Gand h i and did n’t
know who h e was, y ou m ight think he’s j ust a
guy in glasses and sandals, sit ting at a spinning
w h e el. When you lea rned wha t he had done,
you mig ht t h ink, Reall y ?
O n the o utside, Gandhi wasn’t ve ry bi g or
strong. He was smart enough, but no genius.
He didn’t have a big ba n k accoun t, a nd—at
least at first—he wasn’t friends with a l ot
of pow erful people. He was abo ut as ordin a ry
as t h e y com e. But he knew t hat, and he
took adva ntage of it.