Does any one know the origin of this saying? From Ireland?

Question

"There are three things which are real: God, Human Folly and Laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension, so we must do what we can with the third."

Answer 1

"There are three things which are real; God, Human Folly and Laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension so we must do what we can with the third." (from Tales of the Ramayana as told by Aubrey Menen, Scribners, 1954, p. 276)

So it originates from that book, written by an Indian-Irish author.

Amazon review said:

"The Indo-Irish author Aubrey Menen, on the other hand, retells the epic in a modern and accessible form that distills it all down to mostly just comedy, while getting rid of such supernatural effects as heroic monkeys and evil demons. The lesson he derives is that: "There are three things which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. Since the first two pass our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third."...

Answer 2

It was a favorite of John Kennedy. So Irish is a good guess.