Its a Quantum Koan.
The logic behind it is deep.
Here is another quote I like.
"There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe.
A thought, in this substance, Produces the thing that is imaged by the thought.
Man can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon formless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created."
Its by a due called "Wallace D. Wattles"
Despite the gay name he was fairly smart.
Here are a few more of his.
"You don't have to get something for nothing, but can give to every person more than you take from him."
"By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it."
"When you make a failure it is because you have not asked for enough. Keep on, and a larger thing than you were seeking will certainly come to you."
"There is never any hurry on the creative plane, and there is no lack of opportunity."
"The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best. Therefore it tends to become the best. It takes the form or character of the best, and will receive the best."
"The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining."
"Give a little child a pencil and paper, and they begin to draw crude figures; That which lives in them is trying to express Itself in art. Give them a set of blocks, and he will try to build something; That which lives in them is seeking expression in architecture. Seat them at a piano, and they will try to draw harmony from the keys; That which lives in them is trying to express Itself in music. That which lives in man is always seeking to live more [...]."