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“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.”
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

“Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.”
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

“There is no danger: he is suffering from drowsiness, that disease which attacks so many minds which have been deceived.”
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

“Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.”
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy