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Brief author info: Bishr al Hafifi (767-842) Persian Sufi ascetic Al Hafifi means "die barefooted"; apparently Bishr took his appellation seriously Born near Merv (Marw) in Iran; originally part of a bandit gang. Converted to Sufism; vowed to lead an exemplary, ascetic life and did so; sometimes was near starvation; lived near Baghdad.

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First to know, then to act, then to really know.

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Hide your good deeds as well as your evil ones.

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