His months spent researching prison life gave him greater 'empathy' towards/for convicts.
He felt great 'empathy' with/for/toward the poor.
(..) and father of empathicalism. Oh? What's empathicalism? The most sensible approach to true understanding and peace of mind. Sounds great, but what is it? It's based on empathy. Do you know what the word "empathy" means? No, I'll have to have the beginner's course on that one. Empathy. Is it something like sympathy? Oh, it goes beyond sympathy. Sympathy is to understand what someone feels. Empathy is to project your imagination so that you actually feel what the other person is feeling. You put yourself in the other person's place. (..)1957 Funny Face