Definitions: (1) to think about carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion; (2) keeping an open mind while considering a deep problem; (3) to take a second look at a subject; refuse to jump to a quick conclusion; ruminate
Derivation: Latin: “to weigh”
Idiom: Keep your options open.
Quotes:
• When I study and ponder moral agency and its eternal consequences, I realize that we are truly spirit children of God and therefore should act accordingly. — Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf (1940-) German aviator & religious leader
• The idealists dream and the dream is told; the practical person listens and ponders and bring back the truth to apply it to human life; and progress and growth and higher human ideals come into being; and so the world moves ever on. — Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) American minister & suffragette