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My simple point is that I judge a person's faith by how they live their life, not by the tenets of their religion. I've watched the holiest of people walk past somebody in need or treat their staff mean. To me, the beauty of faith is only seen when people live it consistently or struggle to do so.

A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people.

I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.

I think when you're dealing with faith, you want to be as responsible and sensitive to the material as you can.

At their peak, religion and psychotherapy become one.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.

My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual practices become another thing for you to be anxious about, they've lost their usefulness.

Faith properly informs the religious lawyer or judge, and morality is not in tension with fidelity to the law.