The Organizing Principle

The devil and a friend of his were walking down the street,
when they saw ahead of them a man stoop down
and pick up something from the ground,
look at it,
and put it away in his pocket.

The friend said to the devil, "What did that man pick up?"
"He picked up a piece of Truth," said the devil.
"That is a very bad business for you, then," said his friend.
"Oh, not at all," the devil replied, "I am going to let him organize it."
~Jiddu