Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Everything that is coming is near. Listen! The far is only that which is not coming. Allah does not hasten because of anyone's haste, nor is He moved lightly by the affairs of people. What Allah wills (happens), not what people will. Allah wills one thing and people will another thing; what Allah wills happens, even if people dislike it. None can bring near what Allah has put far, and none can put far what Allah has brought near, and nothing happens except by the permission of Allah. The most truthful word is the Book of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The worst of things are newly invented matters, every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is misguidance."
Ma'mar says: Someone other than Ja'far bin Burqan also narrated from Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): "The best thing placed in the heart is certainty; the best wealth is self-sufficiency of the heart; the best knowledge is that which benefits; the best guidance is that which is followed; and what is little and suffices is better than what is plentiful and distracts. Each of you will ultimately go to a place of four cubits (the grave), so do not weary people, nor grow tired of them. Every soul has a devil and a period of eagerness - beware! - and it also has a period of weariness and turning away. Beware! The worst of narrations is lying. Beware! Lying leads to wickedness, and wickedness leads to Hell. Beware! Hold fast to truthfulness, for truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. Take a lesson from this: these are two companions that meet. It is said of the truthful one: 'He spoke the truth,' until he is written as a siddiq (truthful one), and the liar keeps lying until he is written as a great liar. Beware! Lying is not fitting, neither in earnest nor in jest, nor that one of you makes a promise to his child and then does not fulfil it. Do not ask the People of the Book about anything, for a long time has passed over them, their hearts have hardened, and they have invented new things in their religion. If you have no choice but to ask them, then take what agrees with your Book, and keep away from what contradicts it and remain silent."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8491