Complete Works of swami vivekanada, 2: 100

Renounce and give up. What did Christ say? 'He that loseth his life
for my sake shall find it.' Again and again did he preach renunciation
as the only way to perfection. There comes a time when the mind awakes
from this long and dreary dream--the child gives up its play and wants
to go back to its mother.

Complete Works, 2: 100