There is nothing in mere scholarship. The object of study is to find means of knowing God and realizing Him. In living your life of peace and virtue, be indifferent alike to the praise and censure of mankind. The means of realizing God are ecstasy of love and devotion - that is, one must love God. Cry to the Lord with an intensely yearning heart and you will certainly see Him.
People shed a whole jug of tears for wife and children.
They swim in tears for money. Cry to Him with a real cry. There is no way of renouncing work altogether. So do your work, but surrender the result to God. If you have faith, you will attain to that for which you long.