"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it"

This quote by Blaise Pascal talks to the trouble of critical fact in a world where falsehood is so widely accepted. He recommends that it is not enough to merely understand the reality, however that we must actively seek it out and love it in order to genuinely understand it. This is due to the fact that fact is typically covert beneath layers of lies and false information, making it tough to discover. In addition, the prevalence of fraud in our society has actually made it difficult to distinguish between what holds true and what is false. Therefore, Pascal recommends that we need to have an authentic love for the fact in order to have the ability to acknowledge it. This quote serves as a suggestion that we must be thorough in our look for reality and that we must want to put in the effort to reveal it.