It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom. - Max Born

Einstein would be one of the greatest theoretical physicists of all time even if he had not written a single line on relativity.

The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the root of all the evil that is in the world

In combination with other infernal contraptions, like rockets to deliver bombs at large distances, chemical, biological and radioactive poisons, such a war must mean a degree of human suffering and degradation which is beyond the power of imagination. No country would be immune, but those with highly developed industry would suffer most. It is very doubtful whether our technological civilization would survive such a catastrophe. One may be inclined to regard this as no great loss, but as a just punishment for its shortcomings and sins: the lack of productive genius in art and literature, the neglect of the moral teachings of religion and philosophy, the slowness to abandon outdated political conceptions, like national sovereignty. Yet we are all involved in this tragedy, and the instinct of self-preservation, the love of our children, makes us think about a way of salvation.