# Quote — Albert Camus, The Rebel

> The ancients, even though they believed in destiny, believed primarily in nature, in which they participated wholeheartedly. To rebel against nature amounted to rebelling against oneself. It was butting one's head against a wall.

- Author: [Albert Camus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus.md)
- Book: [The Rebel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#The_Rebel_(1951)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [nature](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/nature.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel/the-ancients-even

## More from this book

> In the end, man is not entirely guilty — he did not start history. Nor is he wholly innocent — he continues it.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel/in-the-end.md)

> Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to the present.

p. 313 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel/real-generosity-toward.md)

> With rebellion, awareness is born.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel/with-rebellion-awareness.md)