What does the phrase "We are not what we think we are, but what we think, we are!" mean?

Question

What does the phrase "We are not what we think we are, but what we think, we are!" mean?

Answer 1

*****Cool expression!  What it means is that we should not believe the image that our ego tells us that we have.  Instead we should remember that our thoughts determine our actions, and thus the outcome.  

Think Positive!

Answer 2

I'm glad you asked.

When we think a thing, the thing we think is not the thing we think we think, but only the thing we think we think we think.

I glad that's settled.