3 Quotes & Sayings By Paul Shepheard

Paul Shepheard is a consultant and author of 20 books, including the bestselling The Coming Boom in Humanitarian Aid. He has spent over 30 years working with governments and aid agencies to develop their leadership and management skills. He believes that there is a profound connection between the values and values of aid agencies and the national norms and behaviors of their host populations. His books have been published in 25 languages Read more

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Everything is emotional because hope is… When I talk to people I no longer see rational beings engaged in rational discourse, I see objects, emoting. It has made me such a deep materialist that I see everything as objects, people, dogs, trees, rocks- objects that burn with the animation of hope, each engaged in their own private miracle of being. And the things that people make, the buildings and machines, the paintings and the poems, are artificial miracles, which glow from the light borrowed from their makers. Paul Shepheard
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Writers use narratives to select from everything there is, and make contexts by putting the pieces into relation; that’s what writers do, they make contexts. Paul Shepheard