“Bitcoin rewards precision and patience.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense)

“Time in the market is far more powerful than timing the market.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin)

“Unless… either philosophers become kings in our states or those whom we now call our kings and rulers take to the pursuit of philosophy seriously and adequately, and there is a conjunction of these two things, political power and philosophic intelligence, while the motley horde of the natures who at present pursue either apart from the other are compulsorily excluded, there can be no cessation of troubles… for our states, nor… for the human race either.” — Plato, The Republic (circa 375 BC), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Governance)

“Any sufficiently advanced technology disappears. Bitcoin follows the same pattern.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft)

“As the leverage of labor declines, the leverage of scarce capital increases.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty)

“Clarity arrives when it is welcomed rather than forced.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Inception)

“A well-chosen library allows you to step inside the minds of some of the world’s great thinkers, to absorb what they spent a lifetime learning vicariously.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media)

“Time, which sees all things, has found you out.” — Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (429 BC), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (The Parable of the Empty Vault)

“Bitcoin is digital gold.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism)

“Eventually, even careful investing begins to resemble a chase.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Eight Stages)

“If you manage to follow The Way as described in this book, it is likely that money will cease to be an object of worry. There’s more to it than that, however.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin

“Medicine enters when necessary. Injury, infection, trauma, and emergencies sometimes overwhelm the body’s capacity to recover on its own. In those moments, intervention is a godsend. But it was never meant to replace the foundation.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health)

“Over time, the paper layer grows larger than the metal beneath it. Trust shifts from substance to institutions.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money)

“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back.” — Morpheus, The Matrix (1999), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Taking the Orange Pill)

“Stop waiting for Bitcoin to deliver your life to you. Live now.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Purgatory)

“Save in Bitcoin and focus on your craft.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Altcoin Detour)

“If you cannot withdraw Bitcoin to a wallet you control, then from the protocol’s perspective, you do not own Bitcoin.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin)

“When money no longer demands constant attention, deeper questions surface. Questions about meaning, responsibility, suffering, and how to live well.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion)

“The great Way flows everywhere, both to the left and to the right.” — Tao Te Ching, Chapter 34 (circa 400 BC), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Preface)

“The Romans understood the Lindy Principle instinctively. They called it mos maiorum—The Way of the ancestors. What has been handed down through generations is respected because it had endured. Novelty is approached with caution. Continuity carries authority.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle)