It's important to maintain discipline because it really helps a person get what he or she wants in the end. There are obviously short cuts a person can take and when it's really not moral and being done for fun then it sort of does mean being stupid about it. I think there are fun ways to obtain a person's needs- it just takes a lot of hard work and discipline to get there. Enjoying the fruits of one's labor is something that I believe the majority of young people don't really understand yet.
Keeping a balance with the self and coming to an agreement with a certain higher calling is something that I'm sure a person could will him or herself too. It's just that for whatever reason, sometimes a person just wants to ignore doing what's right and get evil towards others.