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“There is a quiet courage that comes from an inward spring of confidence in the meaning and significance of life. Such courage is an underground river, flowing far beneath the shifting events of one’s experience, keeping alive a thousand little springs of action.” — Howard Thurman

‘Quiet’ and ‘courage’ might seem to be self-contradictory terms, yet there is a kind of courage that finds its source in quiet contemplation. Activist and organizer Bayard Rustin was a major figure in the US Civil Rights movement even though he was often pushed out of the spotlight because of his identity as a gay Black man. Despite the many times he was rejected, even by allies and friends, Rustin found a quiet source of courage in his Quaker faith. He remained committed to the virtues of non-violent resistance and he kept on organizing, even when he was forced to do so from the margins or the backstage of history.

In this two-part series, we’ll consider the meaning of quiet courage for our own lives today. In these noisy times when we are constantly called upon to act, how can we discover our own “underground river” that can keep a thousand springs of action alive?

Topics: Change, LGBTQIIA+, Power, Racial and Restorative Justice