Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 17: The Three Kinds of Faith

Bhagavad Gita 17.4

yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ | pretānbhūtagaṇāṃścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ ||

People of clarity worship the gods, and people of passion worship yakshas and rakshasas. The others, people of inertia, worship ghosts and hosts of spirits.

Modern context

People of clarity worship the gods; people of passion worship powers of wealth and might; people of dullness worship ghosts and spirits. Read in modern terms, we turn toward what matches our nature. A clear mind is drawn to what is noble and luminous. A restless mind is drawn to power and riches. A dull mind is drawn to fear, superstition and the dead past.