Below a passage is given with five blanks labelled (A)-(E). Below the passage, five options are given for each blank. Choose the word that fits each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage, and mark the corresponding answer.

Mahatma Gandhi, a frail, weak man __(A)__ hundreds of millions of his countrymen and brought down an empire with passive resistance. And yet he started out as a very __(B)__ lawyer with a small law practice in South Africa. It was the pain of injustice which sparked his determination to improve his world and like all high achievers, Gandhi started to work on himself first. He started building his mental __(C)__ and creating enormous discipline in his life. At an early stage, he realized a __(D)__ rule for life mastery: success on the outside begins within. Armed with the self-knowledge that his cause was just, this little man in the white loincloth led his country towards __(E)__.