Jurisprudential Quotes

Statistics never lie, but lovers often do.

- Antonio v. Reyes, G.R. No. 155800,  March 10, 2006

There is a right way to do the right thing at the right time and for the right reason.
-Santiago v. COMELEC

He who comes to equity must come with clean hands.

-De Garcia vs Santos, GR.L-1422, October 17, 1947

We cannot castigate a man for seeking out the partner of his dreams, for marriage is a sacred and perpetual bond which should be entered into because of love, not for any other reason. 

-Figueroa v. Barranco, Jr., SBC Case No. 519, July 31, 1997

Love happens to everyone. It is dubbed to be boundless as it goes beyond the expectations people tagged with it. In love, “age does matter.” People love in order to be secure that one will share his/her life with another and that he/she will not die alone. Individuals who are in love had the power to let love grow or let love die – it is a choice one had to face when love is not the love he/she expected.  

-Padilla-Rumbaua v. Rumbaua, G.R. No. 166738, August 14, 2009

Marital union is a two-way process. An expressive interest in each other's feelings at a time it is needed by the other can go a long way in deepening the marital relationship. Marriage is definitely not for children but for two consenting adults who view the relationship with love amor gignit amorem, respect, sacrifice and a continuing commitment to compromise, conscious of its value as a sublime social institution. 

-Chi Ming Tsoi v. Court of Appeals and Gina Lao- Tsoi,  GR No. 119190, January 16, 1997

In our criminal justice system, what is important is not whether the court entertains doubt about the innocence of the accused, since an open mind is willing to explore all possibilities, but whether it entertains a reasonable, lingering doubt as to his guilt.  For, it would be a serious mistake to send an innocent man to jail where such kind of doubt hangs on to one’s inner being, like a piece of meat lodged immovable between teeth.

- Antonio Lejano v. People GR.No. 176389

The law favors the mother if she is a fit and proper person to have custody of her children so that they may not only receive her attention, care, supervision but also have the advantage and benefit of a mother’s love and devotion for which there is no substitute. Generally, the love, solicitude and devotion of a mother cannot be replaced by another and are worth more to a child of tender years than all other things combined.

- Wilson Sy vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 124518