# Quote — Albert Camus, The Rebel

> Whatever we may do, excess will always keep its place in the heart of man, in the place where solitude is found. We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes and our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to fight them in ourselves and in others.

- 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: [morality](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/morality.md), [evil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/evil.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel/whatever-we-may

## 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)