Ponder Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old ponder quotes, ponder sayings, and ponder proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. Steven Mason
Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. It is a product of our own thought. We create it out of whole cloth. Emile Durkeim
We too are the victims of our own contemplation. John Jay Chapman
Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing. Dodie Smith
One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of marvelous structure of reality. Steven Mason
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. Aristotle
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is molded by the the contemplation of virtue and vice. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all. Jawaharlal Nehru
Inside every older person is a young person wondering what happened. Jennifer Yane
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barrymore
We do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves. Mark Twain
We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. M.P. Singh
The hand is more important than the eye, The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. M.P. Singh
A great part of life consists in contemplating what we cannot cure. Robert Louis Stevenson
One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. M.P. Singh
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising for contemplating the misery of another. Ambrose Bierce