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A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain.

Empathy has some unfortunate features - it is parochial, narrow-minded, and innumerate. We're often at our best when we're smart enough not to rely on it.

It doesn't hurt to show some empathy.

'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place.

The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.

True contentment comes with empathy.