The civilization so often vaunted by the learned exponents
of arts and sciences, will, if allowed to overleap the bounds of moderation,
bring great evil upon men.... If carried to excess, civilization will prove as
prolific a source of evil as it had been of goodness when kept within the
restraints of moderation.
- Baha’u’llah (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in a letter
dated 25 December 1938; ‘The Advent of Divine Justice’)
