So it follows that those who have reason have freedom to will or not to will, although this freedom is not equal in all of them. [...] human souls are more free when they persevere in the contemplation of the mind of God, less free when they descend to the corporeal, and even less free when they are entirely imprisoned in earthly flesh and blood.
BoethiusGood men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a variety of concupiscences, and that is surely an unnatural way of seeking the good. Don't you agree?
BoethiusLove has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin.
BoethiusMusic is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.
Boethius