Such as thy words are such will thine affections be esteemed and such as thine affections will be thy deeds and such as thy deeds will be thy life ...

"Bitcoin is our peaceful weapon of choice against central-bank-driven time theft." —Ross Stevens

"Brute-force attacks against 256-bit keys will be infeasible until computers are built from something other than matter and occupy something other than space." —Bruce Schneier

The decentralized network is resistant to censorship or control. -- Satoshi Nakamoto

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

"[Bitcoin is] not a short term game, it's a long term revolution of our society as a whole." —Justine

"The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that’s required to make it work." —Satoshi Nakamoto

The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.

"Bitcoin endures because the engineers that build it expect the unexpected. Money is a dangerous game, and any weaknesses, no matter how small, will be exploited." —Neil Woodfine

"Bitcoin is an impenetrable fortress of validation." —Stop and Decrypt

Banks must be trusted to hold our money and transfer it electronically, but they lend it out in waves of credit bubbles with barely a fraction in reserve. -- Satoshi Nakamoto

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

"He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with the course of events and with the shaping of his own destiny." —Ludwig von Mises

The system is designed to be scalable and efficient. -- Satoshi Nakamoto

Do you feel no compunction, Socrates, at having followed a line of action which puts you in danger of the death penalty?' I might fairly reply to him, 'You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up the prospects of life and death. He has only one thing to consider in performing any action--that is, whether he is acting rightly or wrongly, like a good man or a bad one.

The future belongs to the decentralized. Arise, you have nothing to lose but your barbed wire fences!

"Decentralization isn't something you slap on to your marketing budget. It's absolutely integral to the whole fucking system." —Matt Odell

The protocol is designed to prevent double spending without a central authority. -- Satoshi Nakamoto

Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.

"In a world full of lies, Bitcoin is truth." —RD