“Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.”– Thomas Paine Related Quotes “Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.”– Malcolm Muggeridge “I used to hurt so badly that I’d ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That’s the way I see it.”– Eden Phillpotts “Man – a creature made at the end of the week’s work when God was tired.”– Mark Twain