Plato

“All things in the world of Nature are not controlled by Fate for the soul has a principle of its own.”
― Iamblichus

“Look not upon nature, for her name is fatal.- Proc. in Plat. Th. 143”
― Proclus

“I think for anyone to become good at something, they have to fail a lot too. And they have to be completely unafraid to fail or they'll never make it to the next level.”
― Amy Schumer, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

“If anyone comes to the gates of poetry and expects to become an adequate poet by acquiring expert knowledge of the subject without the Muses' madness, he will fail, and his self-controlled verses will be eclipsed by the poetry of men who have been driven out of their minds.”
― Plato, Phaedrus