Ocupation: Historian
Life: August 24, 1922 - January 27, 2010
Birthday: August 24
Death: January 27
I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of thinking, by some significant, though small event. That belief can be frightening, or exhilarating, depending on whether you just contemplate it or do something with it.
source: Howard Zinn (2010). “You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times”, p.173, Beacon Press
topic: Believe, Thinking, Justice, Small Events