--- title: "5 Ponder Life Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Ponder Life quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Ponder Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/enya-9395_am_i-find-that-music-makes-people-just-sit_99096.png" --- > [I find that music makes people just sit and listen, firstly. Then, they seem to interpret their own emotions with the music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enya/i-find-that-music-makes-people-just-sit-and-listen-firstly-then-they/) [Enya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/enya-9395_am_i-find-that-music-makes-people-just-sit_99096.png) > [“... I began to ponder; this life we had for ourselves, Eric and I, it felt like the opposite of Potage Parmentier.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-powell/i-began-to-ponder-this-life-we-had-for-ourselves-eric-and-i-it-felt/) [Julie Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/julie-powell-10735_easy-life_i-began-to-ponder-this-life-we-had-for-o_721412.jpg) > [“For those who still believe our age’s disruptions match what happened after 1870, ask yourself which you would first give up, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/for-those-who-still-believe-our-age-s-disruptions-match-what-happened/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/edward-luce-10080_ask-yourself_for-those-who-still-believe-our-age-s-di_989764.jpg) > [“For this we must believe: that the mind is never seriously aroused to desire and ponder the life to come unless it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-calvin/for-this-we-must-believe-that-the-mind-is-never-seriously-aroused-to/) [John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-calvin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/john-calvin-490_life_for-this-we-must-believe-that-the-mind-i_1898483.jpg) > [It is a truth of human nature that we can ponder life's mysteries for only so long before we lose interest and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-grafton/it-is-a-truth-of-human-nature-that-we-can-ponder-life-s-mysteries-for/) [Sue Grafton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-grafton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/sue-grafton-1640_human-nature_it-is-a-truth-of-human-nature-that-we-ca_2721580.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ponder-life/#itemlist", "name": "Ponder Life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I find that music makes people just sit and listen, firstly. 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