How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Now… I must play the part of Auliya, the Friend of God… Sayyadina to rogue peoples who've been so heavily imprinted with our Bene Gesserit soothsay they even call their chief priestesses Reverend Mothers. (32.94)
Jessica consciously assumes a role required by religious myth. This is Dune's way of giving the reader behind-the-scenes access. Like VH1's Behind the Music, only with a religion.
Quote #8
And Paul, walking behind Chani, felt that a vital moment had passed him, that he had missed an essential decision and was now caught up in his own myth. […] Through it all, the wild jihad still loomed ahead of him, the violence and the slaughter. It was like a promontory above the surf. (34.165-166)
Dune goes to great lengths to separate Paul the man from Paul the religious myth. Whether or not you feel this idea of man vs. myth will be important beyond the novel is up to you. Still, to fully understand the character of Paul, you'll need to keep your eyes open for passages like these and notice how they change as the novel progresses.
Quote #9
Perhaps I should not have told the Baron to let this religion flourish where it will, even among the folk of pan and graben, [Hawat] told himself. But it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish. (39.108)
We don't really know what to add to this quote. Repression makes a religion flourish. Let's just check our history books here… one moment more… yep, seems pretty accurate.