“Treat attention as something scarce and worth protecting.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media)

“When the money he receives is sound, his focus stays on mastery.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism)

“And somewhere along this path, Bitcoin enters the picture. Or perhaps for the first time, it truly enters.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Eight Stages)

“Deceivingly simple, but not easy.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin

“Every person who hasn’t yet found Bitcoin is just like you used to be. Remember that.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health)

“Over time, societies that adopt scarce, durable forms of money coordinate more effectively than those that do not.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money)

“You are waiting for the god candle to liberate you. In the meantime, life waits.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Purgatory)

“Loss clarifies what theory could not.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Altcoin Detour)

“People often debate whether it is better to buy all at once or gradually over time. The more useful question is which approach you can follow calmly.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin)

“What is reality? What is my place within it?” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion)

“The Way itself. Timeless principles for how best to acquire, store, and spend Bitcoin.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Preface)

“Bitcoin is the nexus point of digital scarcity.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle)

“But keep it secret, and keep it safe!” — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (1954), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Store Bitcoin)

“Every job is a Bitcoin job if you save in Bitcoin and focus on your craft.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft)

“You are no longer compelled to persuade. You are no longer driven to orange pill. You lead by example.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoinsattva)

“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)