Once, a young boy asked Swami Chinmayananda, "What made you renounce the world? You were a postgraduate in English Literature and Law, and a very successful journalist:

Swamiji asked him in return, "when will you spit that thing out?" referring to the chewing gum in the boy's mouth.

"Oh! I am just about to spit it out. There is no juice left in it," said the boy.
"Ah! I, too, did just that," laughed Swamiji. "I had chewed the world sufficiently and did not find any more juice in it."