# Quote — Albert Camus, The Rebel

> The words that reverberate for us at the confines of this long adventure of rebellion are not formulas for optimism, for which we have no possible use in the extremities of our unhappiness, but words of courage and intelligence which, on the shores of the eternal seas, even have the qualities of virtue.

- 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: [wisdom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom.md), [courage](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/courage.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel/the-words-that

## 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)