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"A clever man commits no minor blunders."

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"A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss."

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"A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude."

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"A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait."

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"A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them."

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"A person hears only what they understand."

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"A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise."

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"A purpose you impart is no longer your own."

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"A really great talent finds its happiness in execution."

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"A useless life is an early death."

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"Age merely shows what children we remain."

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"Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved."

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"All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again."

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"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own."

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"All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green."

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"All things are only transitory."

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"An unused life is an early death."

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"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."

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Muslims now form the largest minority religion in the United States,  with an estimated 6 million followers.

 An estimated 400,000 live in the  Chicago area.  Because the Islamic faith is not only a religion, but a way of life for more than 1 billion people worldwide, measuring the exact numbers--and  the rate of growth--is difficult.

 The number of mosques in the United States has grown from a relatively small number in 1960 to more than 2,000 today, said Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. 

There are  about 90 mosques in the Chicago area.  The number of Muslim families in Naperville alone has nearly doubled,  to 500, in the past five years, said Kareem Irfan of the Council of  Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago.  

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in 1749 in Frankfurt. From 1765 to 1771 he studied law in Leibzig and Strasbourg on request of his father. During his time at university he already earned recognition with his poems and lyric. When he returned to Frankfurt he practised law and worked on his career as a poet and writer. In 1773 the Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisenen Hand was published, making Goethe a main representative for the Sturm und Drang movement. Getting a lot of attention and recognition by the literature world, Goethe is invited to Weimar, where he took over many different political offices, but still managed to concentrate on writing. Beside his literature ambitions, he was also very interested in science, which was more important to him, than his writing. From 1786 to 1790 he travelled through Italy where he undertook more scientific researches. In 1794 he befriends Friedrich Schiller with whom he developed a new style of writing, which is now know as it's own literature epoch, the Weimarer Klassik.

In 1908 Goethe finished Faust, between 1811-14 he wrote his autobiography and in 1831 he finished Faust 2, which got published posthumously. Goethe used and explored many different styles in literature and turned out to be an important personality to the world of literature.

Goethe Quotes