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Words of Wisdom

“Looking back upon its history, I can plainly perceive that the Lord has had our school in his hands.” Gustavus founder, Eric Norelius, on the 25th anniversary of Gustavus Adolphus College in 1887

Words of Wisdom

“It is rare to have the opportunity to participate in a conference in which high school, college and university students of such diverse backgrounds are brought together in such a wonderful environment for discussion of topics of vital interest to mankind as has been developed at Gustavus College.” Norman Borlaug speaking of the yearly Nobel […]

Words of Wisdom

“We do well to stop sometimes and recall the early struggles and thank God for ultimate results and blessings. Although we did things on a small scale and with greater hardships, nevertheless we trained men and women for greater usefulness in state, church, and society in general. Today our former students are found in every […]

Words of Wisdom

  “The young people that found and shall find inexhaustible treasures here, shall exhort their friends to come, seek, and find what they need for a happy life. And [their] parents…shall not only send them here, but build houses in which their children can live, study, and be happy.” Lars P. Lundgren, Commencement Address, Class […]

Words of Wisdom

“Successful assimilation into the Gustavus community requires the acquisition of many new skills. On the academic level, the freshman, confronted with responsibility for his own free time, must perfect the skill of time allotment. Similarly, now that Mom and Dad aren’t around to awaken the new college student on Sunday morning, he must discover for […]

Words of Wisdom

“Colleges like Gustavus that refuse to draw the line between the secular and the sacred have a very special place in the world. They are important because they provide the setting for understanding the complex moral, social, and civic problems of our time—an understanding that can be found in very few places.” Gustavus President John […]

Words of Wisdom

  “We do not expect that you shall be saints, but we do surely not expect to find in you those who work all the mischief they can.  So you must not expect the school to be a habitation of angels, nor a place where you can act and live as you please, because you […]

Words of Wisdom

“Those things in life which are most meaningful and desirable are exactly those things which require often tedious, often frustrating and often hard work. But hard work serves a very useful purpose, for it separates the vain and proud from the committed and serious. It is the true test of easy words […] My prayer […]

Words of Wisdom

“I have discovered here in this little corner of Minnesota a place of great intellectual curiosity reaching into the future.” Dr. Jonas Salk, speaker at Nobel Conference XXVIII, “Immunity: The Battle Within,” October 1992

Words of Wisdom

“What I want to know is what [my students’] questions are. That is where learning starts—for them and for me. The genius of the young lies not in what they know…but in what they want to know. And from the students’ questions come the teacher’s stimulation to learn.” Will Freiert, Professor in Classics, 1972-2010