Quotes from St Augustine

I was thinking along "understanding, faith, paradox, contradictions" and was in the middle of writing an essay about it when I stumbled upon this quote from a blog site which coincides with my present state of mind. Wow.

"Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. Unless you believe, you will not understand."
- St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD)
(from carla fabiana

and

"Qui enim cantat laudem, non solum laudat, sed etiam hilariter laudat; qui cantat laudem, non solum cantat, sed et amat eum quem cantat. In laude confitentis est praedicatio, in cantico amantis affectio..."
(For he who sings praise, does not only praise, but also praises joyfully; he who sings praise, not only sings, but also loves Him whom he is singing about/to/for. There is a praise-filled public proclamation (praedicatio) in the praise of someone who is confessing/acknowledging (God), in the song of the lover (there is) love.)
(from Fr Z's site )