People, including Gandhiji, are not just what they look and appear. Intermittently, they are always in the making. In fact, a man, really invisible intangible, can never be finally known, understood and estimated. But, people tend to hasten to comment upon others which is injudicious. This is evident when they are called upon to comment upon themselves.
People like Gandhi who preferred not to do anything without having thought about it, perceived so excellently others are much likely to be mistaken about him.