This phrase harkens back to the Tao Te Ching by the ancient poet, Lao Tzu. It reflects the impermanence of all things, for we all - and everything we do and love and strive for and achieve, all of it - eventually returns to Source:

Empty yourself of everything.
Let the mind rest at peace.
The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.
They grow and flourish and then return to the source.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
The way of nature is unchanging.
Knowing constancy is insight.
Not knowing constancy leads to disaster.
Knowing constancy, the mind is open.
With an open mind, you will be openhearted.
Being openhearted, you will act royally.
Being royal, you will attain the divine.
Being divine, you will be at one with the Tao.
Being at one with the Tao is eternal.
And though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away.

                                                      - Lao Tzu

Painted to order on elegant gold-fleck shuen paper, this piece measures a convenient and standard size 10 x 20in and comes backed and mounted on mulberry paper, ready for framing by the customer.