Henri J.M. Nouwen

Do not hesitate to love and to love deeply.  You might be afraid of the pain that deep love can cause.  When those you love deeply reject you, leave you, or die, your heart will be broken.  But that should not hold you back from loving deeply.  The pain that comes from deep love makes your love ever more fruitful.  It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root and grow into a strong plant.