"Whatsoever passeth beyond the limits of moderation will cease to exert a beneficial influence."

"Whatsoever passeth beyond the limits of moderation will cease to exert a beneficial influence. Consider for instance such things as liberty, civilization and the like. However much men of understanding may favourably regard them, they will, if carried to excess, exercise a pernicious influence upon men."

~Bahá’u’lláh
Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas p. 169