Question: What is the meaning of this quote? If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.

Answer: It means that doing good deeds makes a person feel happy because they did the right thing, and that when you do a goods you also make the people you have helped feel happy.  In other words, when you are compassionate towards others, it is always a win - win situation!
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